Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s brace on Tuesday helped Luis Castro’s Al-Nasr beat Al-Shabaab 4-0 to secure a second straight win in the Saudi Football League.
At Al Awwal Park in Riyadh, the fourth-round match was almost decided in the first 45 minutes after two penalties from Ronaldo (13 and 38) and another accurate shot from Senegalese Sadio Mane (40). after a pass from a former Manchester United player.
In the second half, Al Garred scored a penalty in vain, but Al Ghannam scored the fourth goal in the 80th minute, and Banega was sent off in the middle on the opponent’s side.
Thanks to this result, the team from Riyadh, which also included Portugal’s Otavio in the “eleven”, now has six points in sixth place in the classification led by Al Ittihad, Nuno Espirito Santo and Al Ahli, who were beaten today by Al Thai (2-0).
Al-Khalij of Pedro Emanuel drew 1-1 with Al-Hazem in a match in which the Portuguese Fabio Martins missed a penalty after a cross from Pedro Rebocho and opened the scoring in the 22nd minute in favor of the hosts. , which at first also included Ivo Rodriguez.
Al-Ahdud of Jorge Mendonza lost narrowly to Al-Taawon (1-0) and continues without a win in the competition in which he is 17th and penultimate with just one point, as is Al-Hallej (16th) . ) and Al Hazem (18th).