Goal number 44 in 2023 for the Portuguese champion. Laporte closes it: Al Khaalej beat, third consecutive victory for CR7’s team
Al Hilal calls, Ronaldo answers. His Al Nassr wins 2-0 over Al Khaalej and scores their third consecutive victory in the Saudi Pro League. A match dominated from top to bottom by the home team, who crushed their opponents (fourth last with 10 points) with ball possession, forced to play from a throw-in. In Al Nassr great signals from the Brozovic-Fofana midfielder, with the former Udinese player playing all over the field giving great dynamism.
the match
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After 8 minutes Mané scores with a powerful left-footed shot, but the VAR cancels everything for offside. The one who unlocked it was the usual Cristiano, who found the corner from a standing start in the 26th minute, fleshing out his extraordinary numbers for 2023: 44 goals and 12 assists. The league’s top scorer leads the attack, with Mané and Otavio running behind him. In Al Khaalej there is former Inter player Lisandro Lopez in command of the defence, even if he proves insecure with the ball at his feet. Al Nassr secured the 2-0 which shut everything down just before the hour mark with Laporte, who only had to push the ball into the goal onto CR7’s tower. First league goal for the former City. With this success, Al Nassr consolidates second place, confirms the best attack in the championship and rises to 28 points, -4 behind Al Hilal in first place. The others: 0-0 for Gerrard’s Al Ettifaq against the last in the table, Al Raed. Second consecutive success for Tatarusanu’s Abha, who beat Al Akhdood 3-2 and relaunched themselves in the standings.