Al Nassr vs Al Raed _ Highlights _ Roshn Saudi League _ 22nd August 2024_2

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00:00Hello everyone welcome along to the start of another Saudi Pro League season and where else

00:12would we be but Riyadh tonight for the opening game of Al Nasser's campaign as they play host to

00:18Al-Rayed. So the first steps in another season and the latest chance for Al Nasser to go and get the

00:25big domestic prize in Saudi Arabia. Al-Halal were just too good for Ronaldo and co a few months ago

00:31but Al Nasser have had the chance to reset to reassemble and to try and knock their big city

00:37rivals off their perch but a word of caution for those in the dazzling yellow because Al-Rayed were

00:43one of the reasons that Al Nasser did not win the Saudi Pro League last season.

00:47So the first big hitter of the Saudi Pro League begins their quest for a trophy.

00:55Al Nasser with home comfort, Saurayad though have shown before that coming here is of no concern to them.

01:00There's the Norwegian Matthias Norman, he's got the free kick. Ronaldo giving it back to Brozovic.

01:17Here's Teliska and there's Ronaldo who couldn't quite poke it in and even if he had it wouldn't

01:24have counted because the offside flag is up against him. It's a fantastic pass weighted into the right

01:29area. Ronaldo just mistimes his run he does get a little bit on gets the wrong side of the defender

01:34and then with his agility he's just able to poke it past the goalkeeper wouldn't have counted but great

01:38vision by Teliska. And now Sayoud for Al-Rayed and they have a few numbers forward here as well.

01:48On it goes from Sumbul, Al-Amri and Sayoud scores the goal and Al-Rayed just for a moment think

01:58that they're in a big lead until the much anticipated offside flag.

02:03It's unfortunate but that's what they've got to do when they do get possession like that and Al-Nasser

02:07have committed bodies forward the two centre-halves have gone forward for the free kick they got the

02:11opportunity on the turnover of possession but they just couldn't time the run right in behind the

02:15centre-halves.

02:15Here's Ottavio and Al-Canam and the goalkeeper had to keep an eye on it.

02:23Tellez back in again, both the full backs are firing bullets towards the debutant's goal.

02:29And absolutely you would wouldn't you if the goalkeeper's making his debut tonight not

02:32played a professional game you would think that Al-Nasser under instruction to shoot on target

02:37and another good strike there goalkeeper didn't look overly convincing.

02:40He doesn't really want it on his left foot, he has managed to squeeze it through to Mane who sends

02:46it in brilliantly and Al-Nasser's first goal of the campaign is scored by their most prolific.

02:5435 minutes into the new season, normal service resumed but that's all about Sadio Mane down

02:59this left-hand side. He's quick thinking, he's quick feet and then the delivery is inch perfect for

03:05Cristiano Ronaldo but only for Cristiano Ronaldo. Nobody else has got a leap like that to the near

03:10post. It's incredible the way that he leaps, great header above everybody else, the power in his neck

03:16muscles, fantastic finish, great ball, great assist by Sadio Mane. 35 minutes, normal service resumed,

03:24Ronaldo off the mark, great header.

03:26And the celebratory leap almost as large as the one that led to the goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.

03:31He might be in a bit of trouble here though, Sayoud is breaking away, is this the moment for Ariad?

03:36It's not because Bento has made a very good stop and he's taken a fair old whack as well from Fazer

03:43on the follow-up. Well that's the first question asked of the new Brazilian goalkeeper tonight

03:49and there is a red card as well. Now there is a fair bit of confusion here as to quite what the referee

03:56has spotted Paul. The goalkeeper makes a fantastic save. I think he's probably been sent to the

04:01screen just to go and have a look at the amount of contact between Laporte and Fazer. He's never

04:07getting that ball. The goalkeeper's made a good save, he's re-gathered it and he's not at risk

04:12of conceding the goal. It'll be interesting to see what he does. Penalty, the red card stands,

04:16penalty, he's sticking with his decision. And now an opportunity for Mohamed Fazer

04:22to test Bento the debutant in the Al Nasser goal from the spot.

04:29It's a great penalty and it is 1-1 and just like last season, Al Rayad are rattling the cage of Al Nasser.

04:38opportunity to try and right it. Ronaldo, Mane! Great save from the goalkeeper, still not away yet and then over the top from Ottavio.

04:53This is the reversal of the goal, roles reversed, it's Ronaldo to Mane this time. Great ball by

04:58Ronaldo, almost an identical position. Sadio Mane gets a really good connection on it,

05:02goalkeeper flies across to his left, makes a decent stop. Ronaldo is desperate to get the

05:08ball off his fellow countrymen, he's got it, he's giving it back to him. And Ottavio's got the free

05:13kick as well. Sombol just catches him there, doesn't he, Ottavio's quick feet, does him on the turn,

05:18a really dangerous position, gets wrong side, catches him, it's a free kick. Well he is going to take it to

05:23Lisca and he was going to trouble the goalkeeper. Well that's the most convinced I've been by the

05:28goalkeeper tonight, gets across his goal, makes a decent save, two hands firmly behind the ball,

05:32pushes it into an area, he knows what he's doing there, quite comfortable. It's part of the

05:37requirements of his set up, to Lisca, unlucky. It's come off the post, he hasn't had a sight of

05:44goal all night, to Lisca, he's come very close to his first of the season there.

05:52Rozovic's corner, a free header and Lajami will not believe that he hasn't scored and the reason he

05:56hasn't scored is because Sunya's made another top stop. He's made another good save, the goalkeeper.

06:02I said I wasn't convinced by him and I'm still not, but he makes a really good save low down to his left.

06:14Ronaldo got a front on it and gets the goal for Al Nasser. He's the talisman, he's the captain,

06:21he's their leader and they've certainly needed him tonight. He may not have played a big part in the

06:26game when they're in possession, but when he gets an opportunity like that, he looks to have timed

06:31his run to perfection, stayed onside, gets there just in front of goalkeeper and defender, pokes it into the net.

06:37Now I think we haven't got confirmation of this, but that is the confirmation that that goal from

06:47Cristiano Ronaldo has been chalked off for offside. Won again well by Ottavio, here's Ronaldo.

06:56Laporte has stayed in there, it's Laporte! And once more Sunya is proving to be a big barrier in the

07:07Arayad goal. This one from one of the substitutes, Al Garib. Mane, delicious first touch and the finish

07:15over the top. He thinks there was a a whisker of a touch on the way, but there wasn't according to the

07:20referee. He's got to do better, Sadio Mane, a player of his quality. You would expect him to hit the target,

07:26whether there's a deflection or not, it's flying high and over the cross by the goalkeeper.

07:30This is the effort earlier from Laporte, and that's a really good save by Sunya. Decent position,

07:35really good footwork. Laporte does everything right, hits it on his left foot, the goalkeeper

07:39flies to his left. That's the best save the goalkeeper's made. Mane, got to get it right.

07:45Oh, there's a big shout for Handball, back in by Alganam. Taliska's there, and it's pushed away from Sunya.

07:52Al Nasser will want that to be looked at again, I'm sure. And that's it, that's the end, no penalty.

07:59Or is it? Or is it? Is it, Paul? Because I think maybe the referee's been asked to go to the screen here.

08:04Look at the clock, look at the clock. I was thinking the referee was blowing the whistle.

08:08Is this going to be a penalty? The defender there, his arm is not in an unnatural position,

08:12he's very close, it hits his hand. I think he's going to give a penalty, I really do.

08:16I don't think it's a penalty, I think the referee's given it. No, no penalty. He's got it right,

08:22I don't think that's a penalty. 103 minutes in.

08:31Waving to get the referee's attention, the Brazilian, he wants the whistle to go here.

08:34He wants the game to end. It's not ending, it's Garib, it's Ronaldo, and Laporte has missed it.

08:45And he's missed the last opportunity of the most enthralling game.

08:50And the debutant Mashuri Sunya in the Al-Rayed goal celebrates wildly because his team on the opening

09:02night of the Saudi Pro League season have denied Cristiano Ronaldo and co. Al-Nasar stumble at the

09:08first hurdle. Well, if this is the benchmark for the drama to come in the Saudi Pro League this season,

09:14we will take much more of that. Al-Rayed once more at Al-Nasar's home have caused a big problem for the

09:20hosts and on the opening nights it has finished. Al-Nasar won, Al-Rayed won.

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