Cristiano Ronaldo continues to make his mark in Al Nassr’s victory in the Saudi Arabian league.
Al Nassr won the 3rd in a row when welcoming Al Shabab at home. Once again, this team’s victory bears the mark of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Entering the excitement, Al Nassr soon opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Al Shabab player let the ball touch his hand in the penalty area. Ronaldo stepped up to the penalty spot and did not miss the opportunity.
After 4 minutes, the Portuguese star conceded the visitors’ net for the second time. However, VAR discovered the error of player Al Nassr, so the goal was disallowed.
Ronaldo shines in Al Nassr’s victory. (Photo: Al Nassr)
Al Nassr completely controlled the game. Stars including Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic and newly joined centre-back Aymeric Laporte show superiority compared to Al Shabab.
37 minutes, Gustavo Cuellar of Al Shabab fouled in the penalty area. Ronaldo was assigned the responsibility of taking the penalty kick and he easily doubled the lead. In the 40th minute, Ronaldo continued to shine, but this time it was an assist for Mane to score.
After the break, Al Nassr had no intention of stopping. They put great pressure on the away side of the field. In the 63rd minute, the home team was awarded the third penalty, but Abdulrahman Ghareeb missed the opportunity when Ronaldo gave it to him.
Before time ran out, Sultan Al Ghannam fixed a 4-0 victory for the home team. With this result, Al Nassr rose to sixth place in the rankings, with 6 points from 4 matches.
Result: Al Nassr 4-0 Al Shabab
Scored:
Al Nassr: Ronaldo (13′ pen, 37′ pen), Mane (41′), Al Ghannam (80′)
Al Nassr vs Al Shabab match lineup
Al Nassr: Al Aqidi, Konan, Laporte, Al Fatil, Al Ghannam, Brozovic, Al Khaibari, Mane, Otavio, Ghareeb, Ronaldo.
Al Shabab: Kim Seung Gyu, Al Saqour, Al Sharari, Iago, Al Sibyani, Al Harbi, Al Qahtani, Cuellar, Banega, Bahbri, Diallo.