Ronaldo & Al Nassr suffer more misery as Gamba Osaka win Asian Champions League Two

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hummet-deniz/U5hifort/"]Deniz Hummet[/a] scored ‌the winner in the 30th minute to ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/al-nassr-h4I89ZuE/gamba-osaka-zLQAGOBK/?mid=x4i8HohC"]earn the J-League outfit their second continental title[/a], ‌which comes 18 years after they claimed the ‌Asian Champions League.[/p][p]The result means [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ronaldo-cristiano/WGOY4FSt/"]Ronaldo[/a] has yet to win a major trophy since joining [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-nassr/h4I89ZuE/"]Al Nassr[/a] in ‌2023 after his contract with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester ⁠United[/a] was terminated ‌by mutual consent, although his side hold a two-point ​lead in the SPL with one round of matches remaining.[/p][embed guid="8d826046-9a59-49e0-b919-bde58fecc758" url="https://x.com/centregoals/status/2055738531570753620" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Saudi side dominated the ​clash at the King Saud University Stadium but were unable to find a way past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gamba-osaka/zLQAGOBK/"]⁠Gamba[/a]'s young goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/araki-rui/h80zrJ6q/"]​Rui Araki[/a].[/p][p]The 18-year-old palmed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ghareeb-abdulrahman/2Te6GMPt/"]Abdulrahman Ghareeb[/a]'s seventh-minute shot around the post while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mane-sadio/xxskxOU0/"]Sadio Mane[/a] hit the side-netting 16 minutes later as Al Nassr made the ‌early running.[/p][p]But on the half-hour mark, the Japanese side went in front when Hummet turned from 16 yards out to slot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jebali-issam/hfWBXuHn/"]Issam Jebali[/a]'s through pass into the bottom corner of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bento/0f0nZ3U7/"]Bento[/a]'s goal.[/p][p]Ghareeb was inches away from the equaliser three minutes before the interval, and Ronaldo glanced a stoppage-time header wide with Jorge Jesus' side ‌on top.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="ed9c472a-cbc8-4c4c-b543-2a4af89799d4" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f8c27882-9089-4657-8160-f087e15052e4" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Al Nassr's frustration continued as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joao-felix/KI3YXMhi/"]Joao Felix[/a] hit ​the post in the 77th minute from ‌distance with Araki finally beaten.[/p][p]Gamba defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kishimoto-takeru/h41KLCgp/"]Takeru Kishimoto[/a] slid in to make a match-saving block of the Portuguese forward's shot six minutes from time after Ronaldo's backheel from the ⁠edge of the ⁠area momentarily put his ‌teammate into space.[/p]