New Delhi: Even without the rested Cristiano Ronaldo , Al Nassr didn’t feel the need to start with Sadio Mane, Joao Felix and Kingsley Coman for FC Goa in their AFC Champions League 2 clash. It showed how lowly they rated Goa, who did enough to prove them wrong but lost 2-1 for their third successive loss that kept them at the bottom of Group A.

When Angelo Damaceno (10th minute) and Haroune Camara (27th) put the Saudi Arabian side 2-0 up even before the half time whistle, it seemed Goa would have a long night of defending to do.

But they were plucky enough to make Al Nassr work for the win after pulling one back on 41st minute, through substitute Brison Fernandes, who skipped the offside trap to cut in past his marker and curl the ball into the far post, for Goa’s first goal of the c

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