Christiano Ronaldo scored two objectives to information Al-Nassr to win the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup title in opposition to Al-Hilal on Saturday.
In the ultimate held on the King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia’s Taif, Al-Hilal’s Michael scored the opening objective within the 51st minute.
Al-Nassr recovered from a 1-0 deficit as Ronaldo scored twice.
In the 74th minute, Ronaldo scored the equalizer to take the sport to further time, the place he scored the profitable objective.
Al-Nassr, who’ve many stars equivalent to Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Seko Fofana, Marcelo Brozovic, Anderson Talisca and Alex Telles, gained the Arab Club Champions Cup for the primary time in historical past.
Former champions Al-Hilal, who signed Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, Malcom and Kalidou Koulibaly from European golf equipment this summer time, misplaced their third closing on this match.
Ronaldo did not land a trophy final season after his transfer to Al-Nassr, who completed runners-up within the Saudi Pro League, however the 38-year-old scored six instances within the match to complete as its high scorer en path to the title.
The match is performed by high Arab golf equipment within the area and included groups from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
The star-studded Al-Nassr facet had many possibilities to attain within the first half with shut season signings Sadio Mane, Seko Fofana and Marcelo Brozovic all denied by goalkeeper Mohammed Alowais.
The sport at King Fahd Sports City stadium remained scoreless till six minutes into the second half when Al-Hilal’s Malcom crossed the ball and located fellow Brazilian Michael, who put his facet forward with a free header.
To rub salt into their wounds, the 27-year-old even produced the Ronaldo objective celebration as he ran to the nook flag and leaped into the air.
That appeared to fireplace up Ronaldo and the Portugal captain equalized within the 74th minute when he acquired on the tip of a low cross from right-back Sultan Al-Ghannam to attain for a fifth sport in a row.
Al-Nassr defender Abdulelah Al-Amri was despatched off within the second half earlier than Nawaf Boushal was given his marching orders whereas on the bench for arguing with an official, however they held on to take the sport to further time.
Ronaldo then doubled the lead within the first half of additional time when he pounced on a rebound off the crossbar and headed residence with the goalkeeper off his line.
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