Al-Nassr and Mané advance to AFC Champions League Two final with ease

Sadio Mané and Cristiano Ronaldo will have a golden opportunity at continental glory with Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Nassr following Wednesday’s 5-1 thrashing of Al Ahli Doha in the AFC Champions League Two semifinals.

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The first ten minutes went poorly for the heavy favorites, who could have gone down two goals at the Zabeel Stadium in Dubai. Julian Draxler failed to convert a 7th minute penalty kick for Al Ahli but they took the lead three minutes later when Sekou Yansané opened the scoring.

Al-Nassr overcome early deficit in dominating victory

From then on, everything went in favor of the Saudi giants. Kingsley Coman was set up by Ângelo to level the match a couple minutes later. Then the forward put his club ahead in the 23rd minute when Mané placed a perfect pass into the Brazilian’s path to finish.

Coman made it 3-1 in the final moments of first half stoppage time, which proved to be a deadly blow to the Qatari club. The Frenchman completed his hat-trick and a late goal finished off the thrashing against an Al Ahli defense that featured former Nigerian international William Troost-Ekong.

Mané was unfortunate to not get a goal but made a worthy contribution, bringing his totals to 3 goals and 3 assists from 7 matches in the competition.

Al Nassr advance to the final, where they will face Japanese club Gamba Osaka on May 17 in Riyadh. Mané now has 13 goals and 8 assists in 31 matches across all competitions this season.