Saudi giants, Al Nassr has qualified for the Asian Champions League group stage with Anderson Talisca scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Shabab Al Ahli of the United Arab Emirates in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Talisca put Al Nassr in front in the 11th minute when he headed in Marcelo Brozovic’s corner.
But Yahya Al Ghassani leveled the game in the 18th minute and put the 2015 runners-up ahead in the 46th minute.
Sultan Al Ghannam’s 88th-minute header levelled the scores for Al Nassr. Five minutes into the injury time, Talisca nodded in his second to give the Saudi giants the lead again.
Brozovic then sealed the win with an assist from Ronaldo two minutes later with a low strike from the edge of the penalty area.
Uzbekistan’s Navbahor also progressed to the next round with a 1-0 win over 10-man Al Wakrah from Qatar, Doniyor Abdumannopov scoring the game’s only goal eight minutes into extra time after Khaled Youssef Shurrab was sent off.
AGMK, also from Uzbekistan, finalized the group stage line-up after Ruben Sanchez’s 69th-minute goal sealed a 1-0 win over Qatari outfit Al Arabi.
Al-Nassr wants to sign Portugal midfielder Otavio, who joined from Porto for €60 million.
Otavio, 28, scored 31 goals in 283 games in all competitions for Porto after joining the team in 2014.
