This Friday, the 3rd, with a lackluster match by Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr scored in the last minutes and sought a heroic comeback against Al-Batin, bottom of the Saudi Championship
This Friday, the 3rd, the Al-Nassr received the Al-Batinin a match valid for the 19th round of the saudi championship. In addition to the presence of Cristiano Ronaldothe support of the fans placed the hosts as favorites of the match, but they were surprised and suffered, but they won with goals in the extra time, by the score of 3 to 1, against the bottom of the competition.
At the beginning of the match, as it was the confrontation between the second-placed leader of the Saudi Championship and the last placed team, who had only won one victory in 18 rounds, it was expected that Al-Nassr would dominate the match. However, the visitors planned an unpleasant surprise for the homeowners.
At 17 minutes, Renzo Lopez received in condition to finish and opened the scoring for Al-Batin. At first, the goal had been disallowed, but it was soon validated with the help of the video referee. After going out at a disadvantage, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team tried to regain control of the match and at least draw in the first stage, but it was not the cover. Interval! 1 to 0.
Returning to the second stage, Al-Nassr returned with more offensive impetus, after all they needed to reverse the result. However, Al-Batin was very well placed in defense and made the home team’s mission difficult. At 20′, Luiz Gustavo had a good chance after a free kick in the area, but ended up heading over the opposing goalkeeper.
In the last ten minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo had two good opportunities on free kicks, from the position he got used to scoring goals in his career, but ended up wasting them. Already in the additions, Ghareb saved Al-Nassr and scored the equalizing goal, in the lights out. And he didn’t stop there, there was still time for the owners of the house to turn around and even expand on the last bid. End of the game! 3 to 1.
Source: sportbuzz
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