Soccer-Facing Ronaldo like 'video game', says Kawasaki's Asian Champions League hero Ito


Soccer Football - Asian Champions League - Semi Final - Al Nassr v Kawasaki Frontale - King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - April 30, 2025 Al Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo shoots at goal from a free kick REUTERS/Stringer

JEDDAH (Reuters) -Kawasaki Frontale's Tatsuya Ito compared lining up beside Cristiano Ronaldo before their Asian Champions League Elite semi-final to being in "a video game" as the J-League outfit handed the Saudi club a 3-2 defeat to progress to the final.

Ito shrugged off any sense of being starstruck to open the scoring in spectacular fashion in the 10th minute at Jeddah's King Abdullah Sports City Stadium to send Kawasaki on their way to a place in Saturday's final against Al-Ahli.

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