Luis Castro's team lost the fight for the trophy to Al-Hilal.
Al-Nasr of Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a crushing defeat to Al-Hilal in the final of the Saudi Arabian Super Cup. The match ended with a score of 1:4.
The team of the former coach of Donetsk “Shakhtar” Luis Castro won the first half by a minimum margin thanks to a goal by Ronaldo. The 39-year-old striker scored in the 44th minute of the match.
However, in the second half of the match, the current champion of Saudi Arabia managed to make a comeback. In the 55th minute, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic equalized the score.
Then Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a double, scoring in the 63rd and 69th minutes. The final point in this confrontation was put in the 72nd minute by Malcom, sending the fourth goal into the goal of Al-Nasr.
Review of the match “Al-Nasr” – “Al-Hilal”
It should be noted that in the semi-finals of the tournament, Ronaldo scored a goal and made an assist, helping his team beat Al-Taawoun with a score of 2:0.
Ronaldo became a player of Al-Nassr at the end of December 2022, signing a contract until the summer of 2025. At the Saudi club, he earns $ 200 million a year.
Last season, the Portuguese was left without trophies. Al-Nasr finished second in the Saudi Arabian Championship, 14 points behind Al-Hilal. In the Saudi Arabian King's Cup final, Cristiano's team lost to Al-Hilal in a penalty shootout.
Ronaldo himself became the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian Championship last campaign, scoring 35 goals in 31 matches, and also made 11 assists.
In total, in the 2023/24 season, he played 44 matches for Al-Nasr in all competitions, scoring 42 goals and making 13 assists.