Al Nassr: Mane (3′), Yahya (37′) Al Ittihad: Benzema (49′), Kante (52′), Aouar (90’+4)
After being eliminated from the Semifinals of the AFC Champions League Elite, Al Nassr continued to receive more defeat against the direct competitor in the Saudi Pro League championship race.
The home advantage helped Al Nassr have a favorable start when Sadio Mane opened the score for Al Nassr from the 3rd minute and created for Yahya to increase the score to 2-0 in the 37th minute.
However, Al Ittihad has gone strongly in the second half. Karim Benzema shortened the gap in the 49th minute, before N’Golo Kanté equalized 2-2 only 3 minutes later. Not stopping there, until the 5th injury time, Houssem Aouar scored a 3-2 victory for Al Ittihad.
This failure caused Al Nassr almost no chance to compete for the championship, when the top team Al Ittihad was up to 11 points and the season was only 4 rounds. The opportunity to win tickets to the AFC Champions League next season is also running out when Al Nassr is inferior to the second team, Al Hilal up to 5 points. Despite maintaining impressive scoring performance, Ronaldo almost certainly had the 4th consecutive year.
The line of Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad
Al Nassr: Bento, Al Ghanham, Simakan, Lajami, Boushal, Al Hassan (Al Khaibari 66′), Brozovic (Haqawi 90′), Otavio, Yahya (Angelo Gabriel 81′), Mane, Ronaldo Al Ittihad: Rajkovic, Kadesh, Pereira, Al Amri, Al Shanqiti (Al Saqour 69′), Fabinho, Kante, Aouar, Abdulrhman (Bergwijn 69′), Diaby, Benzema
