Al-Hilal hammer Ronaldo, Al-Nassr to retain Saudi Super Cup

  • 8/17/2024
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The Portuguese superstar opened the scoring for Al-Nassr just before half-time Second half blitz from Al-Hilal secured the victory RIYADH: Al-Hilal crushed Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr 4-1 in the Saudi Super Cup final on Saturday. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport The Portuguese superstar opened the scoring for Al-Nassr just before half-time to give his team the lead at the break. But a second half blitz from Al-Hilal blew their Riyadh rivals out of the water and secured the season-opening trophy for a second year running. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic got the Blues level ten minutes into the second half after an assist from Serbian teammate Aleksandar Mitrovic. The former Fulham man got a brace of his own, scoring twice in the 63rd and 69th minutes to extend the lead to 3-1. Brazilian Malcom made sure of the victory with 20 minutes of the match left to cap a miserable night for Ronaldo and his team, extending the former Real Madrid and Manchester United man’s wait for a trophy in Saudi Arabia. He appeared to storm off the pitch at full-time and not go up to the podium to receive his runners-up medal.

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