Al Nassr survived without Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who served the first of two suspended matches with whom he was allowed after sending off a rival, defeating Al Fayha 3-1 this Friday with a double from Senegalese Sadio Mané.
A scoreline that did not reflect the difficulties faced by Vitor Severino’s Portuguese side, who entered the last twenty minutes of the game trailing on the scoreboard, having seen Zambian striker Fashion Sakala lead the charge goal (0-1) in the sixth minute. It could have been even worse for Al Nassr, who were saved in the 69th minute from conceding a second goal in a move in which Nigerian Anthony Nwakaeme hit the ball into the post .
But the main problem for the locals was not the dangerous attack by Al Fayha, but the inability of the Al Nassr players to overcome the goal keeper, the Serbian Vladimir Stojkovic, who became a real wall. At 40 years old, Stojkovic, who was a goalkeeper for, among others, Partizan Belgrade and Getafe, showed that his reflexes are still intact with more than creditable saves from Sadio Mané or the central defender of the Spain Aymeric Laporte.
Not even with a penalty did Al Nassr manage to beat the Balkan goalkeeper who saw Mane send the penalty over the crossbar with three minutes left before half-time. But not even the good work of Vladimir Stojkovic continued by making valuable interventions in the second half of the local team, which after they tied the match (1-1) in the 72nd minute with a header from Abdulelah Al Amri at the beginning of corners. , he decisively ended Al Fayha’s struggle with a double from Sadio Mané.
The former Liverpool player redeemed himself from his mistake in the spot with two goals at 76 and 82 minutes that confirmed Al Nassr in second place in the Saudi Arabian League..
2024-04-19 17:45:10
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