Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal with Al-Nasr from a penalty kick, to equalize the score in the last breath 2-2 against Al-Fateh in the Saudi Professional Football League today, Friday.
Ronaldo was hoping to get over the bad start since his move to Al-Nasr, where he failed to score the net before today, as Talisca's goal was enough to win Al-Ettifaq in the last round, while the team lost 3-1 to Al-Ittihad in the semi-finals of the Saudi Super Cup.
In today's match, Spaniard Christian Teo put Al-Fateh ahead after 12 minutes with a wonderful shot, following a rebound from the goalkeeper.
🎥 The first goal for
Al-Fateh ⚽️ Christian Teo
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Anderson Talisca equalized for victory in the 42nd minute with a shot from inside the area.
🎥 The equalizer for victory
⚽️ Talisca
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Algerian Sofiane Ben Dabke scored the second goal for Al-Fateh in the 58th minute, with a direct, one-touch shot at Al-Tair from inside the area.
🎥 In an imaginary way, Sufyan bin Dabke scores the second goal.
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Ronaldo's danger appeared on more than one occasion, the most prominent of which was before the break when he hit the crossbar, but he equalized after he had previously received a yellow card for an argument with Al-Fateh players due to wasting time.
🎥 Victory goal
⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo
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The match witnessed Al-Nasr player Talisca being sent off two minutes after Ronaldo's goal, after receiving a second warning.
Al-Nasr raised its tally to 34 points from 15 matches, leading the competition equally with Al-Shabab, who played 16 matches.
The two teams are two points ahead of Al-Hilal, the defending champions, who traveled to participate in the Club World Cup in Morocco, where they will face African champions Wydad.
Al-Fateh raised its tally to 22 points, in sixth place.