The Argentine team will face the winner of the match between Al-Hilal Saudi and Al-Ahli Dubai in the quarterfinals.
Argentine soccer player Ever Banega was the protagonist in the Al-Shabab’s passage to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions Leagueafter imposing Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan by 2-0 with a goal of his.
Thus, the Saudi Arabian team qualified at the Al Janoub World Cup stadium in Al-Wakrah, Qatar.
Banega, who played for the Argentine national team in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, scored the second goal for his team, which had taken the lead in the first half with a goal from Husain Al-Qahtani.
In the Saudi league, Al-Shabab is the leader with 40 points, next to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr and Al Ittihad, the latter two with one game less.
Al-Shabab will face off in the quarterfinals to the winner of the match between Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Al-Ahli Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, who will play next Monday.
Al-Hilal is directed by Argentinian Ramón Díaz and is a recent finalist in the Club World Cup, where he lost the final against Real Madrid after leave Flamengo out in semifinals.
For the other quarterfinals will be Al-Duhail from Qatar, with the winner of Al-Faisaly from Saudi Arabia and Foolad from Iran. Meanwhile, the Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan are already waiting in the final.
Charged in the World Cup
After the debut with defeat of the Argentine National Team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where they would finally become champion, against Saudi Arabia 2-1, Ever Banega was “assailed” by his Arab teammates, who did not hesitate to show all their happiness for the historic win.
In fact, a video in which they sang and looked for the former Sevilla player went viral to load it for the triumph of Arabia.
“After the victory of our hawks Los Leones Commander Banega is surprised”, was the way in which Al-Shabab shared the video on Twitter.
However, despite the fresh defeat, Banega did not take the situation badly and Serious, showing that he was not angry because of the joke that was made to him. Also, after ended up celebrating the third World Cup.
Source: agencies.
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