Al Nassr 1-2 Al-Ittihad Club: Ronaldo's side eliminated by 10-man visitors

In a match of the Saudi King's Cup, Al Nassr FC lost home 1-2  toAl-Ittihad Club. 

In the first half, Al Ittihad opened the scoring in the 15th minute via a counterattack—Moussa Diaby delivered a precise cross for Benzema to finish. Al Nassr equalized in the 30th minute, as Angelo’s powerful strike deflected off a Ronaldo cross. Houssem Aouar then restored Al Ittihad’s lead in first-half stoppage time, a goal that proved decisive.

After the break, Al Ittihad went down to 10 men in the 49th minute: Ahmed Al Julaydan received a red card for a reckless challenge on Mohamed Simakan’s head (Simakan was forced off injured). Despite the numerical disadvantage, Al Ittihad held firm. With Ronaldo failing to convert key box chances, Al Nassr faced another setback in their silverware pursuit.

Match Events

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15' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 0-1 Al-Ittihad Club (Karim Benzema)

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30' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 1-1 Al-Ittihad Club (Ângelo)

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47' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 1-2 Al-Ittihad Club (Houssem Aouar)

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52' Red Card! Sent Off

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Line-ups

Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, I. Martinez, Mane, Coman, Felix, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Mohamed Simakan, Bento, Nawaf Al-Boushal, Ayman Yahya, Ângelo

Subs: Brozovic, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Raghed Al-Najjar, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Haroune Camara, Ali Al-Hassan, Nader Al-Sharari, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Mohammed Marran, Salem Al Najdi, Wesley

Al-Ittihad Club XI: Benzema, Danilo Pereira, P. Rajković, Kante, Fabinho, Aouar, Diaby, Mario Mitaj, Roger Fernandes, Saad Al-Mousa, Ahmed Al-Julaydan

Subs: Saleh Al-Shehri, Bergwijn, Fawaz Al-Sqoor, Abdulaziz Al-Bishi, Muhannad Shanqeeti, Hamed Al-Ghamdi, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Awad Al-Nashri, Hamed Al Shanqiti, Mohammed Al-Absi