Portuguese soccer superstar Cairo's debut in Saudi Arabian soccer failed to deliver much in the way of substantial goals, despite the noise. The 37-year-old shot-stopper's performance in the quarter-finals of the Saudi Super Cup in the early hours of Friday morning (27) continued to be unpredictable, and he even missed a golden opportunity to score. In the end, his team, Ainas, went down 1-3 to Ittihad and went out of the competition. In two official matches for Ainas, Crowe has not scored a single goal or contributed an assist, making it hard to believe that the soccer legend is also experiencing challenges in Asia.
Despite the presence of Cairo, Aynas was still at a disadvantage. In the first 15 minutes of the match, Etihad's striker Roman Lennu scored an arrow through the goal of Ainas, and then he also assisted a goal, which made Etihad already lead two goals in the first half. The match resumed with a goal from Talisker to bring the score to 1-2, but the team conceded again in stoppage time to lose 1-3.
Crowe's most threatening shot of the game came in the first half, when he headed in at the near post, but it was sadly deflected by the goalkeeper. In addition, he also had a penalty kick shot high.
After joining Ainas, Crowe scored twice for Riyadh Stars against Paris Saint-Germain in an exhibition match, but in the two official matches that followed, both against Ittifaq in the league and Ittihad in the Super Cup, he was never able to break his scoring drought despite giving it his best shot, which failed to get him out of the slump that he has been in for almost half a year. Ainas will face their opponents in the league match on the night of February 3, when fans expect Crowe to have his breakthrough.
