Ronaldo goal not enough as Al-Nassr suffer 4-1 to defeat Al-Hilal in Saudi Super Cup
The Peninsula
Abha, Saudi Arabia:Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first domestic trophy in Saudi Arabia after Al Nassr lost 4 1 to Al Hilal in the Saudi S...
Abha, Saudi Arabia: Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first domestic trophy in Saudi Arabia after Al-Nassr lost 4-1 to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on Saturday.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored the opening goal just before halftime in the season's curtain-raiser between Saudi Pro League champion Al-Hilal and runner-up Al-Nassr.
However, the 39 year-old forward then cut a frustrated figure after Al-Hilal netted four times in a 17-minute span in the second half, with former Newcastle and Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrović getting two goals.
Ronaldo, who joined Al-Nassr in December 2022 and set a league record last season with 35 goals, scored from close range in the 44th minute after being teed up by Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic made it 1-1 in the 55th, scoring from just inside the area, and Mitrović then netted twice in six minutes. Brazilian winger Malcom added Al-Hilal’s fourth to give the league champion a second successive Super Cup victory.
