The Al Ain team continued to suffer in the AFC Champions League after suffering the second consecutive loss in the group stage stage by 1-2 results, this time by the Saudi Al Nasr team in the match that brought the two teams together this evening at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the second round of the competition.
Al-Zaeem became without points after two rounds, after he had suffered in the first round by a clean quadrant at the hands of the Iranian Spahan.
The team that crowned the competition title in 2003 has become a demand for victory in its next four matches and is waiting for the competitors to falter to obtain a card qualified for the round of 16.
The match started with pressure from the guests from the first minutes, which led the Al Ain players to retreat to their defensive areas and rely on the parties clearly to carry out quick counter attacks. In the net to put "the leader" in the lead in the 18th minute.
And like the first half, which ended with a Nazarene priority on the performance side, the same team continued pressing the goal of goalkeeper Khaled Issa, which resulted in scoring the equalizer after several attempts, when Noureddine Mrabet carried out a free kick inside the penalty area around Mukhtar Ali with the tip of his foot in the net Al-Ain in the 57th minute.
The Al Ain team coach found himself in a difficult position, as the draw did not intercede for his team to compete for one of the sixteen qualifying cards, which prompted him to completely change his strategy and make 3 substitutions within 7 minutes by entering Jamal Maarouf, Mohsen Abdullah and Bandar Al Ahbabi, which raised the gravity of the offensive side And while everyone was waiting for a goal for the hosts, Al-Nasr player Abdul-Razzaq Hamdallah seized the ball from goalkeeper Khaled Issa and scored the winning goal in the 80th minute.