In Group E of the 2023/24 AFC Champions League, the top spot officially belongs to Al Nassr. For Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates, the trip to Istiklol’s stadium only has procedural significance.

 

Therefore, Al Nassr may play to keep their footing in this match to preserve their forces for the upcoming important period. However, Al Nassr still needs to ensure a victory to quickly recover after a 0-3 defeat against Al Hilal in the Saudi Pro League.

 

With Istiklol, they only have 2 points after 5 matches, standing in last place on the rankings. The remaining goal of the Tajikistan football representative is probably just to try to occupy third place to have the best farewell to the AFC Champions League arena.

 

However, winning all 3 points against Al Nassr is still a very difficult problem for Istiklol. This will be a victory for Ronaldo and his teammates.