Socceroos star Aziz Behich will be teammates with football legend Cristiano Ronaldo after making dream career move
Socceroos defender Aziz Behich is set to play alongside Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo after he secured a loan deal to join Al-Nassr until the end of the season.
Behich will make the move at the end of the Asian Cup, with Australia preparing to play South Korea in the quarter-finals after their opponents from the 2015 final scraped past Saudi Arabia on penalties.
The 33-year-old is currently with Melbourne City but will move to Saudi Arabia when the Asian Cup wraps up.
It's a huge move for Behich, who will link up with Ronaldo as well as former Liverpool striker Sadio Mane, with Al-Nassr in second spot in the Saudi Pro League, seven points behind Al-Hilal.
Behich has played every minute of the Asian Cup so far and his speed could come into play against a Korean side that will be physically exhausted after a taxing comeback in the round of 16.
The Aussies have conceded just one goal so far in the tournament, but questions remain over their attacking fluency, which hasn't been as smooth as fans would like.
'There can be a lot of outside noise about 'the team should be doing this or doing that', but football isn't easy as everyone perhaps claims that it is from the outside,' Socceroos captain Mat Ryan said following the 4-0 win over Indonesia.
'When you're out here, and you're a professional footballer, and you're taking on another team that's obviously trying to do everything that they can to win a game, it's not easy.
'We faced challenges tonight with, all due respect to obviously, Indonesia; they gave it a good crack, and they gave us problems. But we found a way in order to get the job done. And that's a skill set within itself.
'I feel that we've still got a lot of improvement in us, and I think that's a good sign
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