Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot as Al Nassr beat Al Ittihad 5-2 in the Saudi Pro League.
2023/2024 Saudi Professional League
2-5
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
12' OFFSIDE! Ronaldo’s goal disallowed
13' CLOSE! Talisca’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!
14' GOAL! Al-Ittihad Club 1-0 Al Nassr FC (Abderrazak Hamdallah)
19' Penalty Goal! Al-Ittihad Club 1-1 Al Nassr FC (Ronaldo)
23' OFF THE POST! Ronaldo nearly scores for Nassr!
28' Yellow Card! Faisal Al-Ghamdi booked
38' GOAL! Al-Ittihad Club 1-2 Al Nassr FC (Talisca)
40' Yellow Card! Kante booked
51' GOAL! Al-Ittihad Club 2-2 Al Nassr FC (Abderrazak Hamdallah)
54' Nawaf makes brilliant double-save！
55' Telles makes an important clearance
62' CLOSE! Benzema’s shot wide out
66' Second Yellow Card! Fabinho sent off
68' Penalty Goal! Al-Ittihad Club 2-3 Al Nassr FC (Ronaldo)
75' GOAL! Al-Ittihad Club 2-4 Al Nassr FC (Mane)
82' GOAL! Al-Ittihad Club 2-5 Al Nassr FC (Mane)
Match Report
The clash provided a reunion for former Real Madrid team-mates Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, who joined Al Ittihad in the summer transfer window.
Al Ittihad took an early lead through Abderrazak Hamdallah in the 14th minute, but Al Nassr were soon awarded a spot-kick which Ronaldo dispatched down the middle to level five minutes later.
Talisca sent Al Nassr ahead in the 38th minute but Hamdallah equalised six minutes into the second half.
Ronaldo scored from the spot again in the 68th minute to retake the lead and bag his 53rd goal of 2023.
Al Ittihad were reduced to 10 men in the 66th minute when Fabinho was dismissed and Sadio Mane struck in the 75th and 82nd minutes to seal victory.
Line-ups
Al-Ittihad Club XI: Benzema, Abdullah Al Maiouf, Romarinho, Igor Coronado, Kante, Fabinho, Abderrazak Hamdallah, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Hasan Kadesh, Marwan Al-Sahafi, Zakaria Hawsawi
Subs: Saleh Al-Amri, Abdulrahman Al-Oboud, Sultan Al-Farhan, Haroune Camara, Osama Al-Mermesh, Farhah Al-Shamrani
Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Alex Telles, Brozovic, Laporte, Mane, S.Fofana, Otávio, Talisca, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ali Lajami, Nawaf Al-Aqidi
Subs: Mohammed Al-Fatil, Mohammed Qasem, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim, Sami Al-Najei, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Raghed Al-Najjar, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mohammed Maran