Al Nassr vs. Al-Hilal played the final of the King Salman Club Cup. It is the great Saudi classic. Cristiano Ronaldo (CR7) scored the 2 goals for his team, Al Nassr, who managed for 1st win that tournament known as the Saudi Champions League.
The superclásico marked the end of preseason preparations for both teams beginning their campaigns in the Saudi Pro League on Monday 14/08, with Al-Hilal hosting Abha and Al-Nassr visiting Ettifaq.
Cristiano Ronaldo led his team, Al Nassr, to win the Arab Champions League in a game that went to extra time.
Al-Hilal, the team that trains Jorge Jesus he did not know how to take advantage of the advantage on the scoreboard or the numerical superiority , since from minute 71 he had one more player due to the expulsion of Abdulelah Al-Amri.
With 18 minutes remaining, Abdulelah Al-Amri received a red card, after a video review, for bringing down the Brazilian. Malcolm Filipe Silva de Oliveira.
CR7 managed to equalize the score in minute 73, in the role of center forward, sending the ball into the back of the net after receiving a cross from the right side of the area.
Sultan Al-Ghannam he broke free down the right and his low cross was positioned for Ronaldo to dive right in front of the great keeper Mohammed Al-Owais and scored the tie.
Until then, Al Nassr was losing 0 to 1 by goal the 51 ‘of Michael Richard Delgado de Oliveira, assisted by former FC Barcelona player, Malcom. it was a goal Made in Brazil.
Until then, for Al Nassr, the best opportunity had been created by Sadio Manewho sent a perfect cross from the left for him to connect Abdullah Al-Khaibari, in the far post. But Al-Owais made a fantastic one-handed save.
With the 1 to 1 they went to extra time.
In this extra time, Al-Hilal, coached by Luis Castro, sealed the match at 98′.
Fofana School he smashed the ball into the crossbar and CR7 took advantage of the aerial rebound with a powerful header to defeat the goalkeeper of Al Hilal and the Arab team, Mohammed Al Olwais.
🔥 CR7 TURNS IT BACK! Another goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, to turn the result around and put Al-Nassr’s 2-1 draw against Al-Hilal after extra time.
🇸🇦 Minutes away from his first title on Saudi soil!pic.twitter.com/IQpGqBdfp7
— Samuel Vargas (@SVargasOK) August 12, 2023
Al Nassr had to resist the last onslaught of Jorge Jesús’ team, who desperately tried to score parity by sending constant crosses into the box.
Al-Hilal almost got it when Sergej Milinkovic-Savic headed wide with the goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi already surpassed after a center of Ruben Neves.
CR7 was injured at 115′.
CR7 won its 33rd cup at the club level, in a career that includes Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
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2023-08-13 02:08:48
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