Cristiano doesn’t care – AS.com
All alarms went off in Al Nasr. Following the disappointment of the Arab Super Cup, which saw several people blamed, especially their coach Luis Castro, Last season’s Saudi Pro League runners-up disappointed again as they failed to progress beyond a 1-1 draw against Al Raed at home. It was their debut in the domestic tournament and there was hope to start changing their momentum against an opponent who was a priori much inferior. But the day ended with another disappointment for Cristiano and company.
And Al-Nasr could not fail in their league debut. The defeat in the Super Cup final to Al-Hilal caused great damage and left his coach Luis Castro on the line. A tense atmosphere sets the tone for the Riyadh club’s final hours and proof of this is Al-Awwal Park’s poor performance in the first league match. Necessity led to nerves and therefore The first minutes of the crash passed in a suspended state, which no one managed to reach with clairvoyance. into enemy domains.
Al-Raed, well placed at the back with a five-man backline and leaving very little space between the lines, linked up Al-Nasr, who has great attacking talent.but he lacked the ideas to open the lock his rival had installed. Only a spark, a stroke of genius, seemed to help decipher the hieroglyph. And the unblocker was the usual: Cristiano Ronaldo. Mane set it to music, and the Portuguese, having prevailed and made an incredible header, beat Sanjur and opened the can. “CR7” achieved a scoring rate per game (he scored two goals in the Super Cup and scored again against Al-Raed) and, in addition, He scored fifty goals in the Saudi league. But all this was not enough.
And it wasn’t because Al Nasr had become a flat team again.without ideas other than the threat of Cristiano, the dizziness of Mane or the mischief of Otavio and Talisca. He failed to take advantage of his opportunities (much of the blame goes to Sanyur, the Al-Raed goalkeeper, who left the field in the arms of his teammates) and ultimately paid for it. As the second half began, Saayud, a constant torture for the Al-Nasr defense, forced Laporte to grab the ball. Penalty. And for the new European champions in Spain it could have been much worse, as he was sent off, but after consulting with VAR, the referee rejected the red card and eventually showed him a yellow. From eleven meters, the Moroccan Fouzair did not forgive.
After the score was 1:1, Luis Castro’s men could not find a way to successfully reach Al-Raed’s goal. Yes, he did Cristiano, who sent it into the cage after receiving a filtered pass from Brozovic. It was 2-1 and a nice win for Al Nasr… but it was worth nothing because of the offside five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or. After that, the locals acted more than with their heads and finished the game. upset and listen to the timid whistles of their fans. In short, Al-Nasser and Cristiano have something to quarrel about. find sensations and live up to the expectations of one of the leading teams in the Saudi Arabian League.
SUMMARY
Al-Nasr: Bento; Al Ghannam, Lajami (Mukhtar, 83), Laporte, Telles; Brozovic (Al-Gharib, 83′), Alhaibari (Al-Najei, 68′); Otavio, Talisca, Manet; Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al Raed: Sanieur; Al Dosari, Al Subaie, Umar Gonzalez, Al Rajeh, Al Jaizani; Norman (Vaeshi, 90+12), Fuzair, Sunbul (Sakhli, 90+1′); Saayud (Aldosari, 90+8) and Al Amri.
Goals: Cristiano 1-0 (34′), Fusair 1-1 (49′).
Referee: Khalid Saleh Al Thurais (Saudi Arabia). Brozovic, Laporte and Al Ghannam were shown yellow cards by Al Nasr, while Radje, Alsubaye, Al Dosari, Gonzalez and Sahli were shown yellow cards by Al Raed.
Stadium: Al-Awwal Park.
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