Akshay Thakur - Friday, Aug 15, 2025Cristiano Ronaldo to play in India?:In the draw of AFC Champions League 2, India's FC Goa team has been placed in Group D along with Al-Nasr. Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Al-Nasr, is expected to come to India and play this match.
Portugal's legendary football player Cristiano Ronaldo, who has countless fans around the world, is expected to come to India to play this match. If Ronaldo comes here to play the match, it will be a matter of great joy for Indian fans. Actually, in the draw of AFC Champions League 2, India's FC Goa team has been placed in Group D along with Al-Nasr. Cristiano Ronaldo plays for this Al-Nasr team.
In the AFC Champions League Two draw, apart from India's FC Goa team, Al-Nasr, Iraq's Al-Zawra and Tajikistan's FC Istiklol have also been placed in Group D. If Cristiano Ronaldo remains fit, he can come to India to play this match, but a provision included in his contract can become a problem, which prevents him from going abroad to play matches in any tournament.
In the AFC Champions League Two tournament, teams will have to play matches on their home ground as well as on foreign soil. A total of 32 teams are participating, which have been divided into East and West zones of 16-16. After this, all the teams have been placed in 8 groups of four each and the top-2 teams of each group will confirm their place for the Round of 16.
If we talk about the schedule of group stage matches, then they will be held from 16 September to 24 December. After this, the Round of 16 matches will start in the year 2026 which will be played from 10 to 19 February. The quarter-final matches will be held from 3 to 12 March while the semi-final matches will be played from 7 to 15 April. The final match of the AFC Champions League will be played on 16 May.
