The second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals ushered in a match, with Al Ain visiting Riyadh Crescent. Al Ain won the first leg, and this game was played away from home, so he chose a more conservative tactic and lined up with a back five. Riyadh Crescent This life-and-death battle distributes a 4231 formation. Saleh al-Shehri is at the front. The attacking duo of Michael, Malcolm and Salem Dawasari came together. Milinkovic-Savic and Ruben Neves form a back two. Saudi Arabia - Aberdul Hamid, Tambati, Al-Blaisi and Shahrani started the game in the back four.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Riyadh Crescent was awarded a penalty. Michael was brought down in the box and the referee awarded a penalty which was taken by Ruben Neves, who deceived the goalkeeper into scoring the ball. In the 12th minute, Ain equalized! Yahya Nadir sent a cross in the penalty area, Eric directly pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal! At halftime, Ain 1-1 Riyadh Crescent! Ain had 36% possession in the first half, 7 shots on goal, 2 on target, and scored 1 goal. Riyadh Crescent had 5 shots on goal and also scored 1 goal.
In the second half, Riyadh Crescent made substitutions, and Faraj came off the bench to replace Al-Shehri. In the 51st minute, Riyadh Crescent scored again!Dawasari fired a low shot into the bottom right corner of the goal from inside the box!The ball scored!Eight minutes later, Michael had a great one-on-one chance, but his push was too straight and was blocked by the goalkeeper with his foot. In the 72nd minute, Palacios scored with a header, but his team-mate was offside and the goal was disallowed. Palacios then scored again, but this time it was disallowed for a foul on Rahimi. But the blows for those two goals didn't make a difference. In the end, Al Ain lost 1-2 to Riyadh Crescent, but due to a 4-2 defeat in the first leg, he eliminated Riyadh Crescent with an aggregate score of 5-4!
Al Ain is undoubtedly the big dark horse of this AFC Champions League, successively eliminating Riyadh Victory with Ronaldo and Riyadh Crescent with Neymar! The two giants of Saudi Arabia are out! Al Ain's total value is only 34.4 million euros, but he eliminated Riyadh Victory with a total value of 144 million euros and Riyadh Crescent with a total value of 243 million euros, which is really a miracle.