Harambee Stars forward Masoud Juma has expressed his delight at the prospect of rubbing shoulders with one of football’s biggest stars Christiano Ronaldo.Juma will have the opportunity of meeting Ronaldo in the AFC Champions League Elite Round of 16 when his team Esteghlal meet Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr after the two were drawn together.Victor Wanyama opens up on his trophyless stint with Tottenham HotspurThe Kenya international took to his InstaStories to share what he considered a dream come true.“Dreams come true. I will finally share the pitch with CR7,” he posted.##NAJAVA_MECA_8720344##Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest players to have played football and has several accolades to his name including five Ballon d’Or awards and five UEFA Champions League medals.Masoud’s Esteghlal qualified for the playoffs stage after finishing 6th in the West side of the league phase while Al-Nassr finished third behind leaders Al Hilal and second-placed Al Ahli SC.Dundee United reveal why Harambee Stars midfielder was loaned to Serbian clubThe first leg between the two sides will see Esteghlal welcome Al-Nassr on Tuesday 4 March at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran with the second leg taking place on Tuesday 11 March at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh.Should Masoud share the pitch with Ronaldo, it would probably be the biggest highlight of his Esteghlal career, a club he joined from Saudi Arabian side Al-Jabalain FC.##NAJAVA_MECA_8720369##He however will have to overcome an injury after he was stretchered off in their last game against Al Rayyan in the AFC Champions League.The former Shabana FC striker signed for Esteghlal on a six-month contract back in December 2024 that expires in June 2025 as the then head coach Pitso Mosimane was desperate to add a striker to his team with his main striker sidelined and others mostly shooting blanks.Rising Stars midfielder confident ahead of AFCON U20 finalsThe 2017 FKF Premier League top scorer had been a journeyman since he left the country’s borders in 2018.The former Kariobangi Sharks attacker is on his eighth club in less than seven years having previously signed d for Cape Town City, Dibba Al-Fujairah, Al-Nasr Benghazi, JS Kabylie, Difaa Hassani El Jadidi, Al-Faisaly and Al-Jabalain from where he joined his current station.##NAJAVA_MECA_8720348##In all these stations, it is only in Difaa that the Kenyan international spent more than a year.
