Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mané scores against Al Ettifaq, but Al Nassr failed to win and was defeated by the score of 2 to 1, on the comeback
This Monday, the 14th, the Al Ettifaq received the Al Nassrin a match valid for the first round of the saudi championship. With Cristiano Ronaldo spared, the team commanded by Luis Castro took the lead, but suffered the upset and lost by 2 to 1.
Even in the first minutes, when neither team was showing any dominance in the match, Al Nassr took advantage of a good chance created and opened the scoring. At 3′, Mane received in the large area, after good individual creation of Al Hassamwho sent a beautiful low pass for the Senegalese to send to the bottom of the goal.
After the goal scored by the club led by Luís Castro, Al Ettifaq tried to equalize the match and controlled more the offensive actions of the match, but without putting much danger to the opposing goal. On the other hand, without the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, their main player since last season, Al Nassr was unable to expand the scoreboard and went down to the locker room with the minimum advantage. Interval! 1 to 0.
On the way back to the second stage, Al Ettifaq came to the attack, looking for their first victory in the competition. Thus, with just one minute of the ball rolling in the final stage, the Al Nassr goalkeeper made a grotesque mistake, leaving the ball free for the finalization of robin queonwho only pushed into the back of the goal.
Then, at 7′, vitinho received on the left edge and crossed to the penalty area, finding dembele to shore up and turn the scoreboard around for the home team. Therefore, Steven Gerrard, coach of Al Ettifaq, gave instructions so that his team could manage the result. On the other hand, Al Nassr pressed until the end behind the tie. There was still time for Mané to score again, but it was disallowed for offside. End of the game! 2 to 1.
Source: sportbuzz
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