Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties as Al-Nassr made it back-to-back wins in the Saudi Pro League and continued to respond after losing their opening two matches of the season.
2023/2024 Saudi Professional League
4-0
Match Report
Ronaldo had seen little of the ball before he was sent to the spot in the 12th minute but made no mistake, sending the keeper the wrong way and finding the bottom right corner.
He was then denied a second minutes later after the referee disallowed his brilliant header for the lightest of pushes on his marker.
Ronaldo was far from impressed with the decision but regained his composure when Al-Nassr were awarded a second penalty later in the laf.
The Portuguese went the same way and this time the keeper guessed right but the placement was just too good.
Ronaldo then turned provider, sliding in Sadio Mane to finish coolly and make it 3-0 just before the break.
Sultan Al-Ghannam added a fourth in the second half as Al-Nassr moved up to sixth, still six points behind leaders Al-Ittihad.
Ronaldo now has five goals in in his last two league games and sits top of the goalscoring charts.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
13' Penalty Goal! Al Nassr FC 1-0 Al-Shabab FC (Ronaldo)
18' Goooal... No! Ronaldo’s goal disallowed after VAR review
29' Yellow Card! Hussain Al-Sabiyani booked
38' Penalty Goal! Al Nassr FC 2-0 Al-Shabab FC (Ronaldo)
41' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 3-0 Al-Shabab FC (Mane)
50' ClOSE! Sultan’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!
60' CLOSE! Ronaldo’s shot wide out
65' Penalty Missed! (Ghareeb)
78' Red Card! Banega sent off
80' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 4-0 Al-Shabab FC (Sultan Al-Ghannam)
88' Sub! Sulaiheem replaces Ronaldo
Line-ups
Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Brozovic, Laporte, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Mane, Otávio, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ghislain Konan, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Nawaf Al-Aqidi
Subs: Waleed Abdullah, Mohammed Qasem, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Mukhtar Ali, Sami Al-Najei, Ali Al-Hassan, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Nawaf Al-Boushal, Meshari Al Nemer
Al-Shabab FC XI: Banega, Kim Seung-Gyu, Gustavo Cuéllar, Hattan Babhir, Fahad Al Muwallad, Iago Santos, Habib Diallo, Fawaz Al-Sagour, Hussain Al-Monassar, Nader Al-Sharari, Hussain Al-Sabiyani
Subs: Fawaz Al-Qarni, Riad Sharahili, Abdullah Al-Jawaey, Majed Omar Kanabah, Nawaf Al-Sadi, Saad Al-Muwallad, Nasser Al-Bishi, Mohammed Harbush, abdullah khalid asiri al