Al Nassr vs Al Shorta highlights, AFC Champions League Elite: NAS 1-1 SHR; Ghannam and Daoud score in close draw

It has ended all square at full-time as Al Nassr might be disappointed since the underdog Al Shorta has held its own on home turf!

Al Shorta was through on goal as Mohanad Ali takes a strong shot but Bento makes a spectacular save in the dying embers of the game to keep it level!

Goalscorer Daoud has been subbed off. Great shift by the winger!

Nassr’s backline makes a mistake and gives the ball away with no defenders inside the box as Yusuf could have made the perfect pass into the box and bagged an assist but he fails to curl it enough and the ball runs out of play.

With ten minutes left it is all square with both sides playing end-to-end football. It feels like there is still one more goal left in this match. But who is going to take it?!

New sub Wesley ran a riot on the left wing as he dances around defenders and reaches the box to win a crucial corner.

Sadio Mane has been subbed off!

Talisca gets the ball in the middle of the park as he takes a powerful shot but gets deflected on the way and narrowly misses the goal. Corner for Al Nassr but it amounts to nothing.

Mane makes a cut-back pass into the box for Talisca but it is cleared away to safety.

Al Shortamoves ahead on the right flank but is stopped in its tracks by Al Khaibari. Nassr on the attack now as it launches a long ball to Alnajdi but he fails to collect it and the ball runs out of bounds.

Nassr launches a long ball into the box for Mane but the Shorta keeper comes off his line and makes a flying interception.

Brozovic is struggling with some pain and hence is subbed off for Alkhaibari.

Al Nassr has started the second half on the string foot as it is pushing Shorta behind with multiple quick attacks.

Al Nassr started stronger but Shorta has done well so far to comeback into the game till a point where it is looking stronger on the attack out of the two teams. Nassr is doing well with its build-up play but needs to be more clinical with its finishing. It is anybody’s game at the moment!

Mane dribbles down the left flank and then passes it nicely into the box to Brozovic but he takes too much time to let go of the ball and squanders the chance.

A whopping seven minutes given as added time for first-half.

Mohammed Daoud goes down inside the box as Simakan uses his hands to push the attackers face away. The ref says penalty, but after a VAR check, the ref has given a free-kick from an inch outside the box.

Al Shorta’s Ahmed .Y has been carried off the field for treatment because of a minor injury. He might join the play again. 

Mane was in acres of space inside the box but he took the shot in haste and missed the goal completely.

Mane and Talisca cook up a good one-two but Talisca’s final pass into the box is intercepted. Moments later, Mane gets a good pass inside the box but he fails to control it.

Mohammed .D scores to make it level. Shorta plays a long ball into the final third on the right wing as Nassr’s backline fails to get hold of the ball due to a lack of communication. The winger finishes it past the keeper with ease!

Al Nassr was through on goal again as they pass it to Talsica inside the box however, the attacker goes down. The ref says no penalty, play on!

Another big chance as Ghareeb gets the ball for Nassr but his shot is saved a by a diving Shorta keeper.

Simakan lofts it into the box for Talisca who collects it and takes a shot from a tight angle and the ball goes over the post.

Al Shorta was on the attack this time as it finds a long ball on the right flank. The winger tries to play it into the box but Nassr’s keeper comes off his line and collects it!

Captain and full-back Ghannam made a run into the box and received a pass by Otavio after which it took a simple low driven finish into the far post to take the lead!

Nassr is trying to infiltrate the Shorta defence with through balls but the opposing defence has done well so far to check the runs and hasn’t given away a good scoring chance for Nassr yet.

Nassr’s keeper gives a loose pass and the ball runs to a Shorta player who takes a shot at an empty net but Simakan makes a crucial block to save the day!

In the initial minutes, Nassr is dominating the play. passing it around with authority as expected as Shorta seems to be relying on counter-attacking football.

Al Nassr wins an early corner as it crosses it to the near post for Otavio but the ball is cleared away for a corner. The second corner is successfully cleared away as well.

AL Nassr kicks its Asian Champions League campaign off as it faces Iraq’s finest, Al Short!

Ahmed; Munaf, Ahmed . Y, Faisal, Banga; Hussein, Bassam, Qasim, Fahad; Mahmoud, Mohammed

Al Nassr predicted XI: Ospina, Al Ghannam, Al Amri, Laporte, Telles, Alkhaibari, Ayman Ahmed, Al Hassan, Brozovic, Mane, Ronaldo

Al Shorta predicted XI: Fadhil (GK); Jasim, Hashem, Younis, Yahya; Khudhair, Niang, Coumbassa, Farhan; Saleh; Al-Mawas