Al Nassr Wins Over Al Ittihad, Cristiano Ronaldo Sets A Record In The Last Week Of The Saudi Arabian League

JAKARTA - Al Nassr closed the Saudi Arabian Pro League with a 4-2 victory over Al Ittihad at home, Al-Awwal Stadium, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, early morning WIB.

Cristiano Ronaldo contributed crucially to Al Nassr's victory by scoring braces in the 45+3 and 69 minutes.

Two other Al Nassr goals were scored by Abdulrahman Ghareeb (79') through the penalty spot and Meshari Al - Nemer (90+5').

Al Ittihad could only reply to two goals. It also happened at the end of the second half through Farhah Ali Saeed Al Qahtah Al Shamrani (88') and Fabinho (90+2').

The hosts appeared dominant. They took the lead in 57 percent possession and fired 14 shots, nine of which were on target.

The many opportunities made Cristiano Ronaldo open the 1-0 advantage in the first half and lasted until the break.

Disaster came for Al Ittihad in the second half when they had to play with 10 players in the 66th minute. Suwailem Abdullah Awadh Salmeen Al Manhali received a direct red card.

That situation made Al Nassr even more in the wind. Three minutes after the red card, Ronaldo kept Al Nassr away with his second goal in the 69th minute.

Ghareeb followed 10 minutes later to make the hosts comfortable with a 3-0 advantage.

Al Ittihad did not give up. They managed to reduce the gap in the 88th minute. In fact, they were able to get close 2-3 four minutes later through Fabinho's goal.

The Brazilian actually had a chance to get a penalty, but his shot failed. Luckily, the ball vomited was struck again and resulted in a goal.

It's just that, as Al Ittihad was in high motivation to equalize, Meshari Al-Nemer buried them again.

He scored Al Nassr's fourth goal as well as closed the game with a 4-2 win.

The victory in the last week brought Al Nassr to finish second place in the 2023/2024 Saudi Arabian Pro League.

They packed 82 points from 26 wins, four draws, and four defeats. Al Nassr is behind Al Hilal who won this season with a collection of 96 points.

Interestingly, Al Nassr's final party in the league gave birth to many records. Cristiano Ronaldo broke Saudi Arabia's Pro League record throughout history.

In total, he recorded 35 goals exceeding Abderrazak Hamdallah's record 34 goals from Morocco in the 2018/2019 season.

Goal records in all competitions also increased to 50 goals this season after scoring a brace against Al Ittihad.

In addition, Ronaldo also brought Al Nassr to make history for the first time the club scored 100 goals in one competition season.