Al-Nassr, coached by the Portuguese Luís Castro, beat Al-Akhdoud this Friday, 3-0, in the 14th matchday of the Saudi Football League, with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Luís Castro’s team, which opened the scoring early in the 13th minute, through midfielder Sami Al Naji, experienced more difficulties than the result suggested and only managed to resolve the match in the second half, thanks to two goals. by Cristiano Ronaldo (77′). and 80).
The second of them brought the Al-Nassr fans to their feet in the stands, after a shot on goal by the Al-Akhdoud goalkeeper, who anticipated midfielder Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem, but the ball ended up in the chest of Cristiano Ronaldo, who dominated it and applied a hat thirty meters from the goal.
The Portuguese striker had to wear a very high hat to prevent the ball from hitting the Al-Akhdoud goalkeeper, who desperately tried to score a penalty against Ronaldo, but even that did not prevent the shot from going straight.
Who also played an influential role in Al-Nassr’s victory was the Portuguese international Otávio, who started and was replaced very close to the final whistle, in the 88th minute, by Ali Al Hassan.
With these two more goals, Cristiano Ronaldo consolidates his leadership in the list of top scorers, now with 15 scored, five more than his closest pursuer, the Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, of Al-Hilal, with 10, and seven more than the third. and the fourth classified, the French Karim Benzema, from Al-Ittihad, and the Brazilian Anderson Talisca, from Al-Nassr, both with eight.
Al-Hilal, coached by the Portuguese Jorge Jesús, leads with 35 points (13 games), followed by Al-Nassr, with 34 (14), a duo that has already dug a ‘ditch’ for the third-placed team, Al -Ahli, with 26 (13) and Al-Ittihad, current champion, with 25 (14).
Source: TSF
