All eyes on Al Nassr as ACL Elite awaits Ronaldo’s season bow

After Cristiano Ronaldo sat out Al Nassr’s opening match of the 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite campaign a fortnight ago, all eyes will be on them when they return to continental action on Monday at home to Qatar’s Al Rayyan.The Saudi Pro League giants were unable to kick things off with victory back on Sept. 16 as they were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by Al Shorta — relinquishing a 14th-minute lead handed to them by Sultan Al-Ghannam just ten minutes later and then failing to genuine the opposition goal for the remainder of the contest.That evening, Ronaldo was absent through illness but he has started and scored penalties in both their league outings since — against Al Ettifaq and Al Wehda — while being rested in a midweek King’s Cup against second-tier Al Hazem.It will be interesting to see if Ronaldo will make his continental bow for the season on Monday especially considering Al Nassr lacked a cutting edge last time out…