Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty double helped Al Nassr win 4-0 over Al-Shabab in the fourth round of the Saudi national championship.
Al Nassr did not have stability this season, they lost their opening two matches in the Saudi Arabia national championship. However, 4 days ago, they overcame Al-Fateh with a score of 5-0.
This is the match where Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, while Sadio Mane had his own double. With the sublimation and growing harmony between the pair of Ronaldo – Mane, Al Nassr is much more appreciated than Al-Shabab in round 4.
Shining Ronaldo helped Al Nassr win (Photo: NBC(.
In the 13th minute, the Portuguese star opened the scoring for Al Nassr from the penalty spot after the Al-Shabab player let the ball touch his hand within 16m50. 6 minutes later, Ronaldo shot the opponent’s net, but this time CR7 was blown offside.
With the addition of Laporte-class midfielder, Al Nassr completely overwhelmed Al-Shababa and the level of the two teams is really different. In the 37th minute, Cuellar fouled in the penalty area and Al Nassr was awarded a second penalty.
Ronaldo continued to be assigned the responsibility and the former Man Utd star did not miss the opportunity to raise the score to 2-0. This is Ronaldo’s 5th goal in the last two matches.
3 minutes later, Ronaldo had a pass to help Sadio Mane raise the score to 3-0 and this was the result of the first half. In the second half, Al Nassr still attacked, causing Al-Shabab’s goal to wobble.
In the 63rd minute, Al Nassr was awarded the third penalty, but this time it was Ghareeb, the ball hit the post and flew out.
Avoiding the goal, Al-Shabab continued to be in a difficult position when Argentine midfielder Ever Banega received a red card after a malicious tackle in the 78th minute.
Two minutes later, Al Ghannam fixed the score 4-0 for Al Nassr. Winning Al-Shabab in a completely overwhelming match, Al Nassr rose to 6th place in the ranking of the Saudi national championship iArabia with 6 points after 4 matches.
With 5 goals, Ronaldo rose to the top of the Saudi Pro League scorer race 2023-2024. In the next match, CR7 and Al Nassr were guests on the field of rookie Al Hazm on the evening of September 2.
Squad
Al Nassr : Al Aqidi, Konan, Laporte, Al Fatil, Al Ghannam, Brozovic, Al Khaibari, Mane, Otavio, Ghareeb, Ronaldo.
Goals: Ronaldo (13′ pen, 37′ pen), Mane (41′), Al Ghannam (80′)
Al-Shabab : Kim Seung Gyu, Al Saqour, Al Sharari, Iago, Al Sibyani, Al Harbi, Al Qahtani, Cuellar, Banega, Bahbri, Diallo.
