Saudi World Football

Al-Nassr, led by their Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo, have accomplished a precious victory in the Clasico against Al-Ahli (4-3), in the 7th round of the Saudi Professional League.

It only took Ronaldo 4 minutes to unlock the score for his side. His teammate Anderson Talisca has shown up 13 minutes later to make the break.

When Al-Nassr were trying to put the game to bed, Franck Kessié recuced the gap for his team in the 30th minute.

Talisca came back at the additional time of the first half to increase the margin once again, and make it 3-1.

Al-Ahli has not taken long in the second half to return into the game, through their star winger Riyad Mahrez from the penalty spot in the 50th minute. 2 minutes later, Ronaldo has taken away pressure out of his side scoring his brace and the 4th goal for his side.

When the game was about to end, newcomer Firas Al-Buraikan insisted to give get the suspence back into the match, scoring the third goal in the 87th minute, but Al-Ahli could not materialise to take any point from the game.

Al-Nassr kept the three points home, surpassed their rivals of the night Al-Ahli and climbed to the 5th place with 15 points, which made the latter club get down to the 6th place with the same amount of points.

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