Tuesday night crashed Al-Nasser’s promising advances at the Champions League. The 9x Pro League titleholders, Al-Naser faintly battled it out with the 8-time AFC Champion League medalist, Al Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
Match Recap
Swiftly maintaining 6 years as first tier Pro League Champion team, Al Nasser lost their bid with a remaining score ground of 3 points in the upcoming 6 games to lead. Captain Christiano Ronaldo’s far-fetched dream of traversing to the top of the Al-Ittihad board, was lopsided by just two penalty goals served by Al-Hilal’s ace center scorer Odion Ighalo.
Although the first-tier Pro Champion League team, Al-Hilal appeared to form a staggering position in comparison to Al-Naser nevertheless, they commanded the grounds during the first half of the match by 1-0. Ronaldo’s team later stumbled to exert their influence on the scoreboard depicting an unimpressive night. Coach Dinko Jelicic however failed to usher the team back trailing them 6 points behind in the race for the Al-Ittihad title.
Squad members
Al Nassr FC players
- Forwards
Christiano Ronaldo (captain), Meshari Al-Nemer, and Mohammed Maran
- Goalkeepers
Amin Al-Bukhari, David Ospina, Agustin Rossi, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, and Waleed Abdullah
- Centre fielders
Alvaro Gonzalez, Abdullah Madu, Ali Al-Oujami, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Abdulelah Al-Amri, and Yousef Haqawi
- Left fielders
Ghislain Konan, Mohammed Qasem, Majed Qasheesh, Jaloliddin Masharipov, and Abdulrahman Ghareeb
- Right fielders
Sultan Al-Ghannam, Hamad Al-Mansour, Ayman Yahya, Abdulfattah Asiri, and Nawaf Al-Boushal
- Midfielders
Luiz Gustavo, Ali Al-Hassan, Talisca, Pity Martinez, Sami Al-Najei, and Abdulmajeed Al- Sulaiheem
Al Hilal SFC players
- Midfielders
Salman Al Faraj (captain), Musab Al-Juwayr, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Mohammed Kanno, Abdulelah Al-Malki, Andre Carrillo, Nasser Al-Hadhood, Gustavo Cuellar, and Abdullah Otayf
- Centre fielders
Odion Ighalo, Hyun-soo Jang, Ali Al-Boleahi, Muteb Al-Mufarrij, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Mohammed Al-Khaibari, Mohammed Jahfali, and Saleh Al-Shehri
- Goalkeepers
Habib Al-Wutaian, Ahmed Al-Jubaya, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, and Mohammed Al-Owais
- Left fielders
Muath Faquihi, Salem Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Michael, and Yasser Al-Shahrani
- Right fielders
Saud Abdulhamid, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Hamad Al-Yami, and Moussa Marega
