Portuguese Luis Castro, coach of Saudi Al-Nasr, revealed the reason why Cristiano Ronaldo did not score in the team’s match against Persepolis.
Al-Alami faced their Iranian counterparts Persepolis on Tuesday night in the first round of the 2023-24 AFC Champions League and emerged victorious with two clean goals.
On the field of the Azadi Stadium in the capital Tehran, the events of the match took place, bringing together two teams, where the guest achieved victory by scoring two unanswered goals against the home team, scored by Abdul Rahman Gharib and Muhammad Qassem.
It is worth noting that the international team is in the fifth group of the group stage of the Asian Championship together with the clubs Al-Duhail from Qatar, Persepolis from Iran and Esteghlal from Tajikistan.
Al-Nasr coach surprised Cristiano Ronaldo with this statement
Castro spoke at the post-match press conference, saying: “Iran is a very good country and I’m very happy to come here, and I’m sad because I’ll be leaving Iran tonight.”
He continued: “I have heard very positive and good things about Iran. I wish all the best for this country. “I am very excited to welcome fans to the airport and hotel.”
He added: “We were able to get a good result against a good team and now we will prepare for the next match.”
He completed the castle trainer Riyadh yellow“Ronaldo is a player like any other player. He gave everything he had and gave it his all.”
