Cristiano Ronaldo shined brightly with a double goal, Al Nassr came back to beat Al Hilal 2-1 in a short position to win the Arab Club Champions Cup.
Al Nassr won the Arab Club Champions Cup
The Arab Club Champions Cup final got off to a “bland” start when Cristiano Ronaldo was locked in by centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly, and Al Nassr performed sporadically against Al Hilal.
The emotions of the final were suddenly blown up in the 51st minute, when Michael opened the scoring for Al Hilal and then celebrated in the style of Cristiano Ronaldo’s “Siu”.
This is a situation where the defense of Al Nassr was stunned because he thought Malcom was offside, but the striker moved very wisely to catch Al-Dawsari’s slot and then crossed the ball for Michael to head to the goal.
Al Nassr’s defensive disaster has not stopped. In the 71st minute, centre-back Ali Lajami broke the ball very carelessly to let Malcom escape and Abdulelah Al-Amri was forced to commit a foul. The referee initially showed a yellow card, but then decided to show a red card when VAR intervened.
In a situation with only 10 people on the field, Al Nassr suddenly rose up full of emotions. And the leader of the yellow shirt team is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Just 3 minutes after Abdulelah Al-Amri received a red card, Cristiano Ronaldo equalized 1-1 for Al Nassr. The Portuguese superstar shot into the net to score Al Hilal after a cross from the right wing of Sultan Al-Ghannam.
Immediately after the equalizer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr fans had a heart attack. Milinkovic-Savic fell in the box and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. However, VAR stepped in and the referee determined that center-back Ali Lajami did not commit a foul.
Al Nassr continues to show fiery play after benefiting from VAR. In the 84th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo sped up and knocked the goalkeeper in the face, but the goal was disallowed for offside.
Entering extra time, Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to have scored in the 92nd minute. However, CR7’s shot was saved by center-back Ali Albulayhi on the goal line in an unbelievable way.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo does not have to regret for too long. In the 94th minute, Al Hilal’s defense was in disarray after Sadio Mane’s escape situation, Seko Fofana rushed to hit the ball and hit the crossbar and Cristiano Ronaldo appeared at the right time to hit an empty net.
Al Nassr won an emotional 2-1 victory over Al Hilal despite having to play short of people to win the Arab Club Champions Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo not only won his first championship after going to Saudi Arabia to play football, but also won the title of top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.
