He was not granted a win at the restart – and also no place in the starting XI:
The former world-class striker, who switched from FC Bayern, came on as a second-half substitute for Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa at the financially powerful club from Saudi Arabia.
Mané experienced a game to forget at the King Fahd Stadium in Ta’if after his new team fell behind after a penalty by Zizo (53′).
Mané himself remained pale, put a shot wide of the goal from a promising position and failed to dribble.
In addition, with a pass rate of 81.8 percent, two crosses found no takers, the veteran also lost eight balls and was fouled three times – with one of his own fouls.
The heat map for Mané’s performance data was correspondingly pale.
Only superstar Cristiano Ronaldo prevented the elimination and thus second place in Group C to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition four minutes before the end. The former world footballer’s header also marked his 840th goal as a professional.
It was also the 300th goal for the 38-year-old not to score with his dominant right foot.
Next Sunday they face 12-time Moroccan champions Raja Casablanca in the Arab Club Champions Cup before Al-Nassr meets Al-Ettifaq in their first league game on 14 August.
840th goal as a pro for CR7
For former Liverpool star Mané, the duel is also a reunion with former Reds companions Jordan Henderson and Steven Gerrard, who now coaches Al-Ettifaq.
At Liverpool, the Senegalese had scored 120 goals in 269 games in six years and provided 48 assists.
With the Premier League club, the 31-year-old has won the Champions League (2018/19), Fifa Club World Cup (2019), UEFA Supercup (2019/20), English Championship (2020), English Cup (2022) and the English League Cup.
2023-08-04 08:15:14
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