Ronaldo leads Al-Nassr to the final of the Arab Championship (video)

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo led the Saudi Al-Nasr team to the final match of the Arab Championship (King Salman Cup for Clubs) for football, after he scored the goal of his team’s only victory over the Iraqi police in the semi-final match that was held this evening, Wednesday, from a penalty kick in the second half. from the match.

A pure Saudi final
With this victory, it was confirmed that the two sides of the final match will be from Saudi Arabia, as victory awaits the winner from the Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab confrontation, which will also be held this evening, according to the German News Agency.

Ronaldo succeeded in scoring the match’s only goal in the 75th minute via a penalty kick awarded to Senegalese Sadio Mane, raising the Portuguese captain’s tally to four goals, with which he topped the tournament’s top scorer list since the start of the group stage.

A strong start to victory
Al-Nasr started the match strongly, and Ronaldo and Mane threatened Al-Shorta’s goal during the first ten minutes with two shots that passed away from goalkeeper Ahmed Basil.

The automatic infiltration technique canceled a goal for Ronaldo in the 31st minute, and three minutes later the crossbar returned a shot by Brazilian Alex Telles, the Al-Nassr player. Ronaldo, unmarked, also shot over the bar near the end of the first half.

The police’s defensive reservation continued after the break, and goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi did not threaten the goal.

A missed goal at the beginning of the second half
Only six minutes after the start of the second half, Ronaldo almost gave the lead to victory, after he received a low pass from Sultan Al-Ghanam, but he fired a weak shot from close range that was saved by Basil.
Mane dodged police defenders before hitting the crossbar from inside the penalty area 20 minutes before the end, after which the video referee awarded a penalty kick for victory after blocking Faisal Jassim, the Senegalese striker, which Ronaldo successfully executed, after he shot to the left of the Iraqi police guard, who headed to the other corner.

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The video assistant referee intervened minutes before the end. However, the arena referee decided that there was no violation of Ahmed Yahya, the police player, towards Mani in the penalty area.

The goalkeeper of the Iraqi team also saved a header from Ronaldo from close range two minutes before the end. Immediately after that, Ahmed Farhan was alone in Al-Nasr goal in Al-Shorta’s first opportunity in the match. But Al-Aqidi brilliantly saved his shot.