In the match between Al Nassr and Al Khaleej in round 12 of the 2023/24 Saudi Arabian national championship, Cristiano Ronaldo shone when he scored 1 goal and 1 assist to help the home team win easily 2-0.
Score
Al Nassr:Ronaldo (26'), Laporte (58')
Before the match with Al Khaleej, Al Nassr is flying high in the 2023/24 Saudi Arabian national championship. Currently, Al Nassr has 25 points after 11 rounds and is exactly 4 points behind the top club Al Hilal. However, they are possessing the strongest attack in the tournament with 31 shots on goal.
The leader of the Golden Boot list also comes from Al Nassr with superstar Cristiano Ronaldo having 11 goals. He is 3 goals ahead of the 2 people behind him, Mitrovic (Al Hilal) and his Al Nassr teammate Talisca.
Meanwhile, coach Pedro Emanuel's Al Khaleej has only 10 points after 11 rounds and is ranked 13th on the rankings. Facing only Al Khaleej as their opponent, Al Nassr is determined to have their 5th consecutive victory in all competitions recently.
In this match, despite the absence of Talisca due to a red card in the cup, Al Nassr still dominated. After Sadio Mane had his goal disallowed in the 10th minute due to an offside, the home team took the lead in the 26th minute after Ronaldo fired a dangerous long-range shot into the far corner and made it 1-0 for Al Nassr.
With the goal, Al Nassr played better and better. Ronaldo's club continued to dominate the game for the rest of the match. In the 58th minute, Telles crossed the ball to the far post and Ronaldo crossed for center-back Aymeric Laporte to seize the opportunity to finish close to the goal, scoring his first goal in the 2023/24 Saudi Arabian national championship.
In the following time, Al Nassr created many opportunities but 2-0 was the final result of this match. Thus, Al Nassr continued to maintain the 2nd position on the rankings with 28 points and only 4 points behind the leading team Al Hilal.
Al Nassr:Nawaf, Alkhaibari, Alamri, Laporte, Telles, Fofana, Brozovic, Ghareeb, Otavio, Mane, Ronaldo.
Al Khaleej:Al Haidari, Rebocho, Lopez, Al-Khabrani, Al Hamsal, Narey, Martins, Rodrigues, Jung Woo Young, Hamzi, Sherif.