Al-Nasr gave up the lead in the last stage, following falling to Al-Ittihad in particular, 1-0, so that the latter rose to it, a point behind its chaser.
Ronaldo, 38, raised his tally to 9 goals in the league since his arrival at the beginning of the year following terminating his contract with Manchester United, but this was his first at Marsol Park.
And he achieved this from a wonderful long-range free kick, low to the right of the goalkeeper in the 78th minute, paving the way for the victory that Brazilian Anderson Talisca snatched from a late penalty kick (86), following Abha advanced in the first half through Abdel Fattah Adam (26).
Al-Nasr raised its tally to 49 points, behind Al-Ittihad, with one point, nine stages before the end of the season.
The final meters promise excitement between Al-Nasr, who aspires to the first title in the league since 2019, and Al-Ittihad since 2009, amidst also the lurking of Al-Shabab, who is six points behind the leaders.
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And at the stadium of Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City in Al-Ahsa, the five Moroccan Federation scored Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah (7, 50 from a penalty kick, 90 + 8), Ahmed Sharahili (59), and Brazilian Igor Coronado (90), while the Moroccan conquest goal was scored by Murad Patna (41).
Six minutes following the start of the first half, Al-Ittihad was able to score when Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah raised a cross and headed it to the right of Swedish goalkeeper Rene Jacob (7).
Al-Fateh almost equalized the score had it not been for the ingenuity of Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe, who tackled Firas Al-Buraikan’s ball and caught it in two waves (20).
Jacob saved his own goal when he tackled Madallah Al-Olayan’s ball and turned it into a corner (27).
And from a coordinated attack, Al-Fateh equalized when Patna received a cross ball that hit it hard, touched the defender’s foot, and continued its way into the goal (41).
In the second half, Al-Ittihad got a penalty kick, which Hamdallah executed powerfully to the right of Jacob (50), before consolidating his lead when Sharahili raised a cross and played it to the right of Jacob (59).
In the last minute, Al-Ittihad added a fourth goal when Angolan Helder Costa passed a ball to his Brazilian colleague Igor Cornado, who played it strong to the left of Jacob (90).
In stoppage time, Al-Ittihad added a fifth goal when Hamdallah broke the offside trap and played the ball into the goal.
Al-Hilal defeated Al-Ettifaq 3-0 at Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh.
Al-Hilal advanced with a goal to the Nigerian Odion Ighalo with a powerful shot (15), and Muhammad Kno added the second from a rebound (34), and Salem Al-Dosari concluded with a ball that fell over the goalkeeper (90).
Al-Hilal raised its tally to 39 points, but from 19 matches, compared to 23 for Al-Ettifaq.
Al-Raed, who advanced with two goals in the first half, gave up an important victory and settled for a draw with two goals for the same once morest its guest, Al-Shabab, at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.
Al-Raed raised its score to 25 points in ninth place, while Al-Shabab raised its score to 44 points in third place.
