On April 24, Beijing time, in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals, Riyadh Crescent played against Al Ain at home, Neves opened the scoring with a penalty shot, Eric hit the ground to equalize, Dawasali scored, and finally Al Ain 1-2, with a total score of 5-4, knocked out the four-time champion of the AFC Champions League, Riyadh Crescent, and successfully advanced to the AFC Champions League final, the opponent is the winner of Ulsan and Yokohama.
Riyadh Crescent, the No. 1 giants of the Saudi league, suffered a heavy blow in the first leg of the first leg, and the world record of 34 consecutive wins came to an end, which means that Crescent must return to home to win by 3 goals to successfully turn the tables and advance to the final. Former AFC Champions League champion Al Ain is in a good situation and can advance to the final as long as he does not lose more than two goals in this game
Crescent Moon opened with a blitz, Michael was tackled by Park Young-woo behind when he broke through with the ball in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, Ruben cleverly deceived the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the top left corner, Crescent took the lead and chased the aggregate score to just one goal. However, Ain quickly counter-attacked, and in the 11th minute, Eric instigated a fast attack to advance the ball to the flank, and then cut into the middle to receive a cross and fired low into the near corner. Al Ain quickly equalized.
In the 33rd minute, Crescent took a long pass from a corner, Ain central defenders fought for the top and failed to push the ball far, and Milinkovic's header was held by Khaled. In the 35th minute, Romero cut into the goal with a long-range shot. In the 41st minute, Crescent Moon made a mistake in the backfield and was stealed, Rahimi received a through ball and broke through the penalty area and was tripped off, the referee blew the whistle for the first time and awarded a penalty, and after reviewing VAR, the penalty was cancelled, and Crescent Moon escaped. In the 44th minute, Ain played a long pass behind the defensive line in the backfield, Rahimi stepped forward into the penalty area and almost formed a one-on-one goal, and goalkeeper Bounou struck the ball to score.
In the 45th minute, the Crescent Moon fast attack was three on three, Al-Shehri split the ball in the middle, and Dawasa rushed into the penalty area to shoot and kick away. Ain played very concisely up front, and Ahmed fired a long-range shot wide of the goal unmarked at the top of the arc. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw at half-time. Crescent had a clear advantage in possession in the half, but the attacking threat was not as good as their opponents, with six shots on goal and two on target. Ain's quick and aggressive counter-attacks put Crescent's defence under intense pressure, especially in the opposition midfield, where he tried to shoot from distance whenever there was space, and sent seven more shots than his opponents.
In the 50th minute of the second half, Crescent Moon threw the ball into the penalty area, and Davasali scored in the far corner from the left side of the penalty area, narrowing the score to 1 goal again. In the 56th minute, Neves hit the goal high with a long shot. Two minutes later, the two of Crescent Moon were perfectly connected in front, and Michael's one-handed shot in the box was saved, and he missed a good chance to equalize the aggregate score. In the 62nd minute, Davasali's powerful shot from the middle was blocked, and another good chance was missed. Ain counter-attacked with an inverted triangle pass, and Palacios headed home from the middle, but VAR ruled that the goal was invalid. In the 87th minute, Palacios' goal was blown away again.
At full-time, Riyadh Crescent won 2-1, but went out 4-5 on aggregate, and Al Ain advanced to the AFC Champions League final. In the face of such a result, Ronaldo doesn't know whether to be happy or worried? His home team Riyadh Victory was eliminated by Al Ain in the process of 8 into 4 in the AFC Champions League, and in the domestic competition, he and Riyadh Victory were killed by Riyadh Crescent.