Friday, January 27, 2023 – 12:23 PM
ABU DHABI, January 27 / WAM / After one victory with the team, the second appearance of the famous Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo with the Saudi victory did not live up to the ambitions of the player and the hopes of the fans of Al-Nasr, as the player failed to score in his first major test with the team, and lost the opportunity to compete On the first championship with victory.
During his second official participation with Al-Nasr yesterday evening, Ronaldo again did not succeed in scoring and lost with his team to Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1-3 in the semi-finals of the Saudi Super Cup at the “King Fahd” International Stadium in the capital, Riyadh.
Al-Nasr fans were hoping that Ronaldo would lead the team to victory over its guest, Al-Ittihad, and qualify for the final of the competition, hoping that Al-Nasr would win its first title under the leadership of the Portuguese star.
But the defeat dashed the hopes of the team and its fans and postponed Ronaldo’s first coronation with victory until a later time.
Al-Ittihad will meet in the final next Sunday with Al-Fayhaa, who defeated Al-Hilal 1-0 in the other semi-final match.
During yesterday’s match, Moroccan international striker Abd al-Razzaq Hamdallah set a new record by scoring a goal for Ittihad Jeddah against his former team; Where the player raised his tally to 3 goals in the history of the Saudi Super Cup and became the historical top scorer of the tournament so far.
The player previously scored two goals in the shirt of his former team, Al-Nasr, against Al-Taawoun and Al-Hilal during two previous editions of the tournament.
Yesterday’s match also witnessed the brilliance of the Brazilian player Romarinho again with Al-Ittihad against Al-Nassr, to win the award for best player in the match. Where he scored the first goal for the team and made the other two goals, thus contributing to 10 goals throughout his participation with Al-Ittihad in front of Al-Nasr.
Emad Al-Ali / Ahmed Zahran
