Al Wehda vs Al Nassr: 3-1
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Al Nassr's starting line-up to lead his team to defeat Al Wehda, with the result "Al Wehda Vs Al Nassr: 3-1".
Ronaldo was absent when Al Nassr beat Al Duhail in Doha, Qatar, in the Asian Champions League match with a score of 3-2. Ronaldo was rested because his condition was called not one hundred percent fit.
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Therefore, Ronaldo was fielded in the Saudi Arabian League match week 13, on 12/11/2023, when facing Al Wehda at King Abdul Aziz Stadium.
The course of the match "Al Wehda vs Al Nassr"
Al Nassr also fielded Sadio Mane, Anderson Talisca, and Otavio in attack, with Marcelo Brozovic as one of the double-pivot midfielders.
In the 11th minute, Al Nassr opened the lead through Alex Telles' free kick which directly hit the Al Wehda goal. After that Al Nassr tried to be able to add another goal.
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It was only in the 39th minute that Al Nassr's lead increased after Abdulelah Al-Amri headed Brozovic's corner kick and hit the goal. The 2-0 score lasted until halftime.
Entering in the second half, Ronaldo could only make a goal in the 49th minute. The backpass error of the Al Wehda player was quickly maximized by Ronaldo through a tap through the goalkeeper's legs.
Al Nassr had a fourth goal in the 62nd minute but it was disallowed by VAR. Al Wehda reduced the score through Anselmo's measured kick in the 82nd minute.
Again VAR disallowed Al Nassr's goal. This time it was through Sultan Al Ghanam who shot the ball past the goalkeeper Al Wehda. Until the game was over, the score of 3-1 lasted until the end of the game.
"Al Wehda vs Al Nassr" line-up
Al Wehda (4-5-1): Munir Mohamedi; Saeed Al Mowalad, Jawad El Yamiq, Oscar Duarte, Islam Hawsawi (Abdulelah Al Bukhari 68'); Abdulaziz Noor (Alaa Al-Hejji 68'), Anselmo, Waleed Bakshween (Vito van Crooij 75'), Faycal Fajr, Craig Goodwin (Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi 87'); Odion Ighalo
Coach: Georgios Donis
Al Nassr (4-2-3-1): Nawaf Alaqidi; Sultan Al-Ghannam (Ali Al-Hassan 90+3'), Abdulelah Al-Amri, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Alex Telles; Sami Al-Najei (Seko Fofana 67'), Marcelo Brozovic; Talisca (Abdulrahman Ghareeb 78'), Otavinho, Sadio Mane (Khalid Al-Ghannam 90+3'); Cristiano Ronaldo
Coach: Luis Castro