Al-Nasr without an injured Cristiano Ronaldo made his Saudi Football League debut this Monday in a 2-1 loss to Al-Ittifaq, days after winning the Arab Champions Cup.
It was in that match that Ronaldo was already injured in extra time, with pain in his left knee, and did not have time to recover in time for the first game of the team led by Luis Castro in the Saudi Arabian Championship, a competition that is now the goal of the whole world. interest due to various millionaire signings.
One of them was Senegalese striker Sadio Mane, who in this match gave Al-Nasr the lead just four minutes later, beating former Maritimo Brazilian goalkeeper Paulo Victor in the former Bayern Munich and Liverpool player’s first goal for your new club. .
Al-Ittifaq, led by Englishman Steven Gerrard, who also allowed himself to be “tempted” by Arab millions, turned around in the second half, scoring goals from Swede Kualon in the 47th minute and Frenchman Moussa Dembele in the 53rd.
Al-Nasr, runner-up of the 2022/23 season, thus starts the season in Saudi Arabia with a setback and without Cristiano Ronaldo, and at the moment there is no information on the physical condition of the attacker from Madeira, while another Portugal double travels in qualification for Euro 2024.
Also this Monday, Al-Ahdoud, promoted to the first tier and led by Portuguese coach Jorge Mendonza, drew (1-1) against Al-Shabaab of Dutchman Marcel Keyser, former Sporting CP manager.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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