AFC Champions League Two - R16 (2nd Leg): Ghareeb seals Al Nassr’s progress

#ACLTwo | R16 (2nd Leg): Al Nassr Club (KSA) 1-0 FC Arkadag (TKM) — AFC Champions League Two
R16 (2nd Leg): Ghareeb seals Al Nassr’s progress
Thu, 19 February, 2026

Riyadh: Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s first half strike completed the job as Al Nassr Club advanced into the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League Two 2025/26™ with a 1-0 win over FK Arkadag in the second leg of their Round of 16 match at the King Saud University Stadium on Wednesday.

The Saudi Pro League side, who advanced 2-0 on aggregate, will meet United Arab Emirates' Al Wasl.

Al Nassr got off to a perfect start, taking the lead just two minutes in after Nawaf Bu Washl drove into the box, finding Abdulrahman Ghareeb on the cutback to steer the ball home from close range.

Arkadag almost found themselves further behind in the 25th minute after Ghareeb’s through pass released Mohammed Marran, who skewed his shot wide off the left post.

The Turkmenistan side stayed pegged in their own half and continued to live dangerously with Abdullah Al Hamddan coming close 10 minutes later before seeing his attempt from inside the box go agonisingly wide of the left post.

Chasing a two-goal deficit, Arkadag wasted a rare chance in the 42nd minute when Al Nassr keeper Nawaf Al Aqidi kept out Arzuvguly Sapargulyyev’s curling effort from distance.

Al Nassr resumed their dominance after the break with Aiman Yahya seeing his effort from range foiled in the 52nd minute, while Al Hamddan could not find the target with his headed attempt from inside the area.

The Saudi Pro League side thought they had scored a second two minutes later when Angelo threaded a neat through pass to Yahya, who squeezed his effort into the back of the net, but was flagged offside.

Marran missed his chance to put the game to bed in the 56th minute when Ghareeb set him up nicely at the edge of the area, but his effort was denied by the right post.

Arkadag tried to threaten but Ybrayym Mammedow, Didar Durdyyew and Samammet Hydyrow all saw their efforts comfortably collected by Al Aqidi before Guycmyrat Annagulyyew was sent off in the first minute of added time for his challenge on Ghareeb.

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