The moment Al Nassr fans have been waiting for has arrived. C.Ronaldo scored in injury time to help the home team draw 2-2 against the underdog Al Fateh in the round of 16 of the Saudi national championship.
After two matches could not score for Al Nassr, C.Ronaldo suffered many skeptical eyes from the fans. However, in the end, CR7 spoke up in the match with Al Fateh in the round of 16 of the Saudi national championship. The goal from the penalty spot in injury time helped Al Nassr avoid a salt defeat against Al Fateh. This match ended with a score of 2-2.
C.Ronaldo missed an unbelievable opportunity in the first half of the match against Al Fateh.
Entering the match, C.Ronaldo was still arranged by coach Rudi Garcia to play from the beginning in the role of a striker, although there was earlier information that this player was injured. Supporting the Portuguese superstar is the trio of Talisca, Ayman Yahya and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
In front of an inferior opponent, Al Nassr easily controlled the game. However, despite the warning from coach Rudi Garcia, the Al Nassr players still pumped the ball a lot for C.Ronaldo. The Portuguese striker had a rather ungainly first half. In the 35th minute, he shot the ball into the sky in a comfortable position in the penalty area. At the end of the first half, C.Ronaldo brought the ball to hit the opponent’s crossbar.
Al Fateh played stalking in this match and this plan was quite effective. Right in the 12th minute, they opened the scoring with the goal of former Barcelona player Cristian Tello after a beautiful finish right near the penalty area.
C.Ronaldo scored the equalizer from the 11-meter mark, helping Al Nassr get a valuable point (photo: Getty).
In the 42nd minute, Talisca leveled for Al Nassr after finishing in a favorable position in the penalty area. Al Fateh’s defenders were quite attracted to C.Ronaldo in this situation to help Talisca gain space.
In the second half, Al Nassr still dominated the game. CR7 continues to pump the ball quite a lot but plays ungratefully. The scenario was like the first 45 minutes, Al Fateh had a goal to increase the score to 2-1 in the 58th minute after a high-class volley.
Towards the end of the game, Al Nassr had more psychological problems. Coach Rudi Garcia continued to trust C.Ronaldo, instead of withdrawing this player from the field. Thinking that Al Nassr suffered a disappointing defeat, in injury time, the substitute Masharipov was fouled by defender Al Fateh in the penalty area. On the 11-meter mark, C.Ronaldo made no mistakes, leveling the score 2-2.
In the 5th minute of injury time, Al Nassr was only able to play with 10 men when Talisca received a direct red card. The score 2-2 remained the same. With this result, Al Nassr temporarily rose to the top of the Saudi national championship when he had the same 34 points as Al Shabab and played less than one match.
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