Al-Shabab 2-5 Al Nassr: Ronaldo nets his 50th goal of the year, Mane on target

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the year to help Al-Nassr advance to the Saudi King Cup semi-finals with a 5-2 win at Al-Shabab.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!


9' Great save!


12' CLOSE! Ronaldo’s shot stopped by goalkeeper!


15' Penalty Missed! (Carrasco)


17' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 0-1 Al Nassr FC (S.Fofana)


20' Yellow Card! Fahad Al Muwallad booked


24' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 1-1 Al Nassr FC (Carlos Júnior)


28' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 1-2 Al Nassr FC (Mane)


49' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 1-3 Al Nassr FC (Abdulrahman Ghareeb)


70' Yellow Card! Hussain Al-Monassar booked


74' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 1-4 Al Nassr FC (Ronaldo)


90' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 2-4 Al Nassr FC (Hattan Babhir)


96' GOAL! Al-Shabab FC 2-5 Al Nassr FC (Mohammed Maran)


Match Report

Al-Nassr's talisman bagged his 26th of the season as his team swept aside the hosts, with Sadio Mane on the scoresheet for the first time since September.

Ronaldo received the ball in the box 74 minutes into the match and took his chance with aplomb, bulleting a shot past the onrushing goalkeeper into the far corner.

It keeps Al-Nassr's hopes of winning the competition alive, having not lifted the trophy since 1990.

They are one of the favourites left in the tournament alongside Neymar's Al-Hilal and should they win, it would be Ronaldo's second piece of silverware at Al-Nassr.

Former Premier League stars Ronaldo, Mane, and Aymeric Laporte all started for Al-Nassr.

Seko Fofana opened the scoring after 17 minutes before Carlos resotred parity seven minutes later.

Al-Nassr overpowered the hosts in the first half thanks to goals from Mane and Abdulrahman Ghareeb, with the latter coming on the stroke of half-time.

Ronaldo sealed the victory with a fine goal in the 74th minute before Al-Shabab grabbed a consolation goal in the 90th minute via Hattan Bahebri.

But Al-Nassr had the last laugh Mohammed Maran scored their fifth goal six minutes into stoppage time.

The ex-Manchester United man is currently the top scorer in the Saudi Pro League with 16 goals in 15 games.

Al-Nassr sit second in the Saudi Pro League table but are seven points behind Al-Hilal.

Winning the King Cup seals qualification for the Asian Champions League, although a top-three league finish would be enough to secure a place.

Line-ups

Al-Shabab FC XI: Kim Seung-Gyu, Carrasco, Fahad Al Muwallad, Saiss, Iago Santos, Carlos Júnior, Fawaz Al-Sagour, Hussain Al-Monassar, Hamad Al-Yami, Abdullah Radif, Majed Omar Kanabah

Subs: Banega, Hattan Babhir, Habib Diallo, Riad Sharahili, Nader Al-Sharari, Moteb Al-Harbi, Nawaf Al-Sadi, Nasser Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al-Absi

Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Brozovic, Laporte, Mane, S.Fofana, Otávio, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ali Lajami, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Ayman Yahya, Nawaf Al-Aqidi

Subs: Waleed Abdullah, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Mohammed Qasem, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim, Sami Al-Najei, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Mohammed Maran

Related: Al Nassr FC Al-Shabab FC
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