João Félix Scores Twice as Al-Nassr Thrash Pakhtakor 6-2 in Tashkent Without Ronaldo
The Saudi side led 3-1 at half-time and added three more after the break for a second straight win in the AFC Champions League Elite. Cristiano Ronaldo did not play.
Al-Nassr ran riot in Tashkent on Monday, 2 November, beating Uzbek side Pakhtakor 6-2 at the Pakhtakor Central Stadium in Matchday 4 of the AFC Champions League Elite. Cristiano Ronaldo did not feature, but the Saudi club barely missed him, with Portuguese forward João Félix scoring twice. The fixture was the most-searched topic in India over the past day.
How the goals came
Al-Hamdan opened the scoring in the 15th minute, and Félix added a second just two minutes later. Félix struck again in the 32nd minute before Flamarion pulled one back for Pakhtakor in the 36th, leaving the score at 3-1 at half-time.
Al-Amri (53rd minute) and Ghareeb (62nd) stretched the lead after the break. Khamdamov scored Pakhtakor’s second in the 75th minute, but Angelo completed the rout in the 79th.
Standings
It was Al-Nassr’s second straight win in the competition and leaves them well placed in the West Region table. For Pakhtakor, the defeat extends their winless run in this season’s Elite stage to four matches.
Featured image: Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent (file photo). Photo: Ekrem Canli, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
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