The final of the Arab Champions Cup, which will be played on Saturday (7 p.m.), will be characterized by a Portuguese duel between Al Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Castro and Al Hilal of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves.
CR7 was even the hero of his team in the semi-final against Iraq’s Al-Shorta, scoring the only goal of the match in a penalty conversion.
The Portuguese striker, who scored for a fourth successive game in the competition after scoring against Tunisia’s Monastir, Egypt’s Zamalek and Morocco’s Raja Casablanca, also saw one of his goals disallowed for offside after 31 minutes.
Al-Nassr’s superiority was evident, as evidenced by the fact that Al Shorta did not make a single shot on target against the Saudi goal, although it caused many problems due to the defense system it had set up, which was only dismantled in the 75th. minute, when Cristiano Ronaldo beat the penalty kick committed to Senegal striker Sadio Mane, signed from Bayern Munich.
Also this Wednesday, but hours later, Al Hilal defeated the also Saudi Al-Shabab, coached by former Sporting coach Marcel Keizer, 3-1.
Kanno opened the score in the ninth minute with a pass from Rúben Neves, who was substituted before half an hour.
Malcom increased to 2-0 at 45+3′, while in the second half Cuellar reduced for Al Shabab at 56′ and Al Hamdan condemned Jesus’ team to victory at the end of the day (90+5′).
Source: DN
