Cristiano Ronaldo missed the golden opportunity as third-place Al-Nassr ranked ninth in the 23 Saudi professional league matches this season, his fourth defeat to an al-orobah team who scored 24 points on the night below them.
Five-time Ballon d’Or champion Ronaldo could have made a 2-1 score, but only the goalkeeper beat the score in the second half as his team failed to use the second-place Al-Hilal to lose 3-2 to Al-Ahli in Al-Ahli as his former Brentford Striker Ivan Toney won the second time Half Half half half the-the-the the the.
Senior Syrian forward Omar Al Somah showed why he was the all-time top scorer for Saudi top flight teams, with his 149th goal in the game, putting Al-Orobah ahead of the al-Jouf University Stadium in Sakaka, finding the Nets at the ablank in the fine area.
al-Nassr right back Nawaf Boushal calmly played in the equalizer six minutes after the restart, but a long strike by former Burnley and Charlton midfielder Johann Gudmundsson ended the game with style in the 65th minute.
Omar Al Somah expands lead at the top #RoshnSaudileAgueHistorical rating chart🔥
He is now on 1⃣4⃣9⃣! #orbnas pic.twitter.com/bctvm8lah8
– Ross Saudi League (@spl_en) February 28, 2025
Al Orobah vs Al Nassr
Leader Al-Ittihad, who presided over the threat of downgrade threats on Sunday (GMT), will enjoy watching Friday’s lawsuit, including Al-Orobah’s first defeat of Al-Nassr in his history.
The team of 2022 Ballon D’Or champion Karim Benzema held a game and led 5 points in Al-Hilal, with a 9-point advantage over Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli.
England striker Toney received £40m from the Bees in August and his new team is now only below Al-Nassr in goals.
After Toney scored two 2-0 points in seven minutes, the dominant champion attracted the level with goals from Salem Aldawsari and Marcos Leonardo, which was just the 87th minute champion.
🚨Ivan Toney scores at the opening game of Kingdom Arena 🚨#RoshnSaudileAgue #HILAHL pic.twitter.com/mppzet5rsw
– Ross Saudi League (@spl_en) February 28, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo Statistics
Ronaldo has scored one rebound in the last four league games but remains the division’s top scorer with 17 goals, followed by Benzema 16.
The 40-year-old started the league’s goal award for the week on Tuesday’s efforts to win 2-0 at Al-Wehda and once again scored the closest to Al-NASSR levels with a beautiful late free throw.
Take a photo with him @bsf_sa Target trophy for the week🏆#RoshnSaudileAgue pic.twitter.com/rrpi7xlo7r
– Ross Saudi League (@spl_en) February 28, 2025
Jhon Duran was a £65m signing from Aston Villa in January – starting off with Ronaldo while two-time African football player Sadio Mane didn’t play.
AL-NASSR is the next move when they visit Iranian opponent Esteghlal in the first leg of the 16th round on Monday (4pm).
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