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Al-Nassr beat Neftchi 3-1 in the second round of the AFC Champions League league phase. The match was played on October 12 at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, with the hosts leading 2-0 at halftime.
Angelo opened the scoring for Al-Nassr in the 33rd minute, and Cristiano Ronaldo added a goal in the 42nd. Neftchi’s Alisher Odilov pulled one back in the 51st minute. The visitors’ defender Anvarjon Gafurov scored an own goal in the 78th minute.
Neftchi midfielder Ikromjon Alibayev was sent off in the 65th minute after receiving a red card. The goal was Ronaldo’s 981st of his career.
After the result, Neftchi sat seventh in the Western Zone standings with three points, while Al-Nassr were eighth on the same number of points.
