King Cup: Al Nassr qualifies for the semi-finals at the expense of Al-Shabab

This Monday, the King Cup, the national cup of Saudi Arabia, continued with enticing quarter-finals. The opportunity for Al-Nassr to reach the last four in the event of a victory on the road against Al-Shabab. Second in the Saudi Pro League, Luis Castro’s flock made short work of their opponents. While Yannick Carrasco missed his penalty to open the scoring a quarter of an hour into the game (15th), it was ultimately Seko Fofana who scored the first goal of the match two minutes later (0-1, 17th).

And while Carlos Junior put the two teams back on level terms (1-1, 24th), the visitors took off before the break with goals from Sadio Mané (1-2, 28th) and Ghareeb (1-3, 45th). +4th). Despite the entry into play of Ever Banega, Al-Shabab was unable to come back and the unalterable Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed the success of his team in the 74th minute (1-4). And despite the reduction in the gap from Hattan Bahebri (2-4, 90th), Maran, well served by Mané, added to the score at the very end of the match (2-5, 90+6th).