(PLO)- Sadio Mane could not “fill” the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr.
The big man of Riyadh city, Al Nassr club lost to Al Ettifaq 1-2 in the opening match of the Saudi Arabian National Championship (Saudi Pro League) season. Ronaldo’s country coach, Castro, has given a rest to a series of Al Nassr pillars such as Brozovic, Telles Fofana, because he has just won the King Salman Cup (a championship for national championship clubs of the Arab world. ), while Ronaldo also did not play due to injury.
Coach Castro only “plugs” each former Liverpool star, Bayern Munich striker Sadio Mane. The Senegalese striker alone could not help Al Nassr penetrate the certainty of the Al Ettihad defense led by another former Liverpool star Jordan Henderson and carried the captain’s armband.
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Ronaldo injured after helping Al Nassr win King Salman. Photo: AN |
Al Ettifaq is also interesting, because this team has just invited another Liverpool legend to lead, coach Steven Gerrard. At first, the Liverpool legend told the press that he was not interested in an invitation from Saudi Arabia, but in England, Gerrard did not have a lot of money when he was in the driver’s seat, so he finally accepted to Al Ettifaq.
In the last seven seasons, Al Nassr always finished second and last season too, there was Ronaldo but the team still finished second. This season, Al Ettifaq is very strong, in addition to Henderson, there are Dembele, Jack Hendry.
The new Saudi Pro League season has begun, another rookie, also a former Liverpool superstar, Roberto Firmino has just arrived at Al Ahli and was given the captain’s armband. In the opening match, Al Ahli defeated Al Hazem 3-1, with Firmino authoring all three goals for Al Ahli.
Another reliable information said that the former Italy captain Roberto Mancini, who resigned from the blue team last Saturday, is negotiating with a Saudi club and will also “move home” to Saudi Arabia at least. another day.
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Al Ettifaq’s Henderson “stopped” Al Nassr’s captain Sadio Mane. Photo: NN |
Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Pro League is becoming an attractive destination for coaches and players. Ronaldo, Firmino, Benzema, Henderson, Kante, Dembele, Neymar, Brozovic, Sadio Mane…and many other stars have come to Saudi Arabia to play.
This oil-rich country is hiring the world’s leading football management experts to redesign the structure of domestic clubs, whose ownership of many clubs is against the rules of world football. . For example, the Public Investment Corporation (PIF) of Saudi Arabia owns four clubs playing in the same rank as the Saudi Pro League.
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