Al Nassr’s epic comeback

Cristiano Ronaldo lived this Friday one of his most desperate matches as a player for Al Nassr. The Portuguese tried in all different ways, but in no way was he able to beat the Uruguayan Martín Campaña. Renzo López scored an early goal for Al Batin, bottom team. This 0-1 had to be reviewed by VAR for a possible foul on the jump, but it finally went up on the scoreboard.

From then on, Al Nassr turned to the attack and was superior to its rival, but failed to beat Campaña until injury time. Christian, specifically He had two headers to which he arrived late, three direct free kicks that went over the crossbar and a shot after dribbling past the goalkeeper that Al Yousif took from him on the goal line.

Al Nassr came to claim two penalties in favor, but neither was enough for the referee to point it out. Surprisingly, 12 minutes were added in the second half. An extra time that served for the locals to come back. First was Al Ghareeb, one of Al Nassr’s highest level Saudi players, was in charge of making it 1-1. At minute 102, Al Fatil scored the comeback goal and three minutes later Maran was in charge of scoring.

Cristiano had gestures of despair during various moments of the game. Due to lack of intention he did not go, but luck was not on his side to score. He remains with eight goals in his private account and Al Nassr is the leader of the league but tied on points with Al Ittihad, against whom they will play a key game next Thursday. Before this match he received the award for the best player of the month in the Saudi league.