{"id":15901,"date":"2025-08-15T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=628876"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:00:57","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-unlikely-to-play-in-india-against-fc-goa-in-afc-champions-league-two-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/cristiano-ronaldo-unlikely-to-play-in-india-against-fc-goa-in-afc-champions-league-two-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo unlikely to play in India against FC Goa in AFC Champions League Two; Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"562\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s fans in India were thrilled when the AFC Champions League Two 2025-26 group stage draw placed his club, Al Nassr, in the same group as FC Goa. The draw, held on August 15, confirmed that the Saudi Pro League side will compete in Group D alongside FC Goa, Iraq\u2019s Al Zawra\u2019a, and Tajikistan\u2019s FC Istiklol.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"804\">The fixture raised hopes of seeing the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner in action on Indian soil for the very first time. However, reports indicate that Ronaldo\u2019s participation in away matches, including the one in India, is far from certain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"1072\">According to multiple reports, the Portuguese superstar\u2019s contract reportedly includes clauses allowing him to skip certain away trips in continental competitions. This means the forward could opt out of travelling to India for the clash against FC Goa.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1351\">If Ronaldo decides to give the trip a miss, Indian football fans may have to wait longer to watch him play live in the country. The final decision is expected closer to the match date, depending on Al Nassr\u2019s schedule, travel considerations, and the player\u2019s personal choice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1351\">For now, the possibility remains \u2014 but it\u2019s a slim one \u2014 that Cristiano Ronaldo will make his long-awaited debut in India this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s fans in India were thrilled when the AFC Champions League Two 2025-26 group stage draw placed his club,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[321,989],"class_list":["post-15901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-fc-goa"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}