Ramón Díaz's Al
-Hilal
fell 1-0 in the final of the Asian Champions League against Urawa Red Diamonds this Saturday and could not come out as two-time champion.
A goal against the Peruvian André Carrillo, a player from Al Hilal, at the start of the second half (minute 48), gave the Japanese team their third title in the Asian competition, in front of almost 55,000 fans in Saitama, north of Tokyo, for win by an aggregate result of 2-1.
The decisive moment of the match came with a free kick from Urawa's Norwegian defender Marius Hoibraten.
Carrillo tried to deflect the shot, but he put it into his own goal.
The two teams met for the third time in six years in the final of the Asian Champions League.
Urawa had prevailed in 2017, while Al Hilal had done so in 2019.
The Argentinian coach of Al Hilal, Ramón Díaz, had made three changes compared to the first leg, removing Malian striker Moussa Marega from the team and bringing Carrillo onto the field, while Urawa kept the same team from the first match
.
It is the third Asian Champions that Urawa Red Diamonds has achieved in its entire history.
The first had been in 2007, while the second was won in 2017.
In 2019 they had lost the final against Al-Hilal precisely.
Ramón Díaz and the chance to lead Messi
It is already public knowledge that Lionel Messi has an offer on the table from Saudi Arabia.
To compete with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr,
Al-Hilal wants to strengthen itself with Leo.
According to various media reports, the team led by Ramón Díaz
is willing to pay 400 million euros a year to La Pulga.
Precisely in the run-up to the final, Ramón Díaz was asked about Messi's arrival in Saudi Arabia.
What did he say?
"Now we are focused on the game, we have a final. And after the final we will see what happens,"
threw Pelado, dodging the question.
Ramón Díaz dodged the question about an offer from his team to Messi.
(AP/Toru Hanai)
Al Hilal's offer to Messi is double what Cristiano Ronaldo arranged with Al Nassr, another big team in the country: the Portuguese arranged for 200 million dollars.
In Arabia they dream of repeating the historic rivalry they had when the European played for Real Madrid and Leo for Barcelona.
Beyond the succulent economic offer and that the Saudi Arabian League wants to impose itself with mega figures -it already has Cristiano Ronaldo-,
Olé has already announced that the idea of the captain of the Argentine National Team is to continue playing in the most competitive leagues, a panorama more positive to prepare for the 2024 Copa América or even the 2026 World Cup.
Leo wants to play at least one more Champions League.
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