O Al-Nassr won the Al-Fayha 2-1 this Saturday afternoon (1), in a duel valid for the seventh round of the Saudi League. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for the home team to secure the comeback after Jason opened the scoring for the visitors.
The result keeps the Riyadh team at the top of the Saudi League with 100% success and 21 points. There are seven wins in seven matches. CR7’s team still has the best attack and defense of the tournament with 22 goals scored and only three conceded.
On the other hand, Al-Fayha is in tenth place on the leaderboard. The team has won just one of its last five games and remains with 9 points in the championship.
With the goals scored this Saturday, he is just 48 goals away from reaching his thousandth.
The goals
In the 12th minute, Jason received a throw from the defense behind the marker and went in front of the goal. With a classy touch over the goalkeeper, he opened the scoring for the visitors.
Al-Nassr drew with a beautiful collective plot. The number 7 received a pass from Koman inside the area and finished strongly to score the 951st goal of his career.
The home team managed to turn things around in second-half stoppage time, in the 58th minute of the second half. , with a penalty, guaranteed the triumph for the Riyadh team.
Upcoming games
Al-Nassr returns to the pitch next Wednesday (5), when they face FC Goa-IND in the fourth round of the group stage of the Asian Champions League.
Al-Fayha will host Al-Okhdood at the King Salman Stadium, next Friday (7), at 10:20 am (Brasília time) for the eighth round of the Saudi Championship.
