After taking part in their final group stage match within the AFC Champions League Two in December, Al Nassr will play the primary leg of the Spherical of 16 match in opposition to Arkadag.
Al Nassr are the sturdy favorites to win the match and the competitors resulting from their star gamers. The competitors has seen rotated squads all through Al Nassr matches, and supervisor Jorge Jesus has unnoticed for video games within the AFC Champions League Two.
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Ronaldo has not performed a sport within the AFC Champions League Two this season, and within the final two video games, the Portuguese striker has refused to play to ‘protest’ choices made by the Saudi PIF.
The highest goalscorer of Al Nassr within the Saudi Professional League has missed two video games in a row within the league, and since Ronaldo is refusing to play within the league, many assume that the Portuguese participant will play at the moment in opposition to Arkabag within the AFC Champions League Two.
Cristiano Ronaldo of crew Al-Nassr FC controls the ball whereas underneath strain from Victor Hugo of crew Al-Taawoun FC through the Saudi Professional League sport between Al Nassr and Al Taawoun at Al Awwal Park on January 26, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photograph by Abdullah Ahmed/Getty Pictures)
Ronaldo final performed for Al Nassr on January 30, 2026, in opposition to Al Kholood, the place he scored in Al Nassr’s 3-0 win away from dwelling.
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Ronaldo has educated with the crew since final week and is match sufficient to play for Al Nassr once more.
Cristiano Ronaldo to overlook Arkadag vs Al Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in crew coaching forward of the primary leg Spherical of 16 match in opposition to Arkadag within the AFC Champions League Two. Regardless of this, Ronaldo is not going to play the match.
Ronaldo just isn’t refusing to play the match as he did within the final two Saudi Professional League matches, however his supervisor, Jorge Jesus, desires to relaxation him and different star gamers.
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The Portuguese participant was not seen in photos of the crew touring to Turkmenistan, which guidelines him out for the match. New studies in counsel that Ronaldo is predicted to play once more this weekend in opposition to Al Fateh FC.
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