Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Nassr _ Highlights _ Roshn Saudi League _ 20th September 2024

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00:00What a scene that is. Tonight we are in Dammam in the south of the kingdom. A very good evening

00:10from the Prince Mohammed bin Saad Stadium, the home of Al Etifak, who have started the season

00:16in fine style. Unlike their guests tonight, Al Nasser come here with a new head coach,

00:22ground to make up after they parted company with Luis Castro this week. That's one of many plots

00:27that we have for you tonight as Steven Gerrard welcomes Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Etifak

00:33take on Al Nasser. What a start to the season it has been for the former Liverpool great.

00:40All adds to what should be a fascinating evening ahead in Dammam. The home side get us off and

00:48underway. Al Nasser in recognisable yellow.

00:57He wasn't going to take any prisoners there. Abdullah Madhu took ball but took plenty of

01:06man in Taliskan. Ronaldo takes. And he had to make sure the Slovakian goalkeeper Marek

01:16got across well in the end. Yeah it's a really interesting one because Al Etifak don't set

01:20up a wall. They almost say to Ronaldo if you're going to score go for it and he obviously hits

01:25it really well.

01:26quickly taken to Ronaldo. Just caught napping. Taliskan!

01:36Well he'll wonder how it is not 1-0 to Al Nasser. Certainly should have been.

01:44Taliskan takes up a position there, didn't get the contact he was wanting.

01:48Oh and that's Messi from Madhu. That's going to be a penalty.

02:06Ronaldo nine goals from the penalty spot last season. All those that he's scored this have

02:10come from open play. Ronaldo. His custom recall and then his customary celebration.

02:21The new era for Al Nasser under the new head coach but same old story.

02:26It's Cristiano Ronaldo. It's 1-0. And Cristiano Ronaldo makes no mistake. He's taken so many

02:31different penalties in his life but just calmly slots this one straight down the middle. Rodak

02:37at first probably thinks he's read him really well. Stands up as long as he can.

02:41But Ronaldo with a cheeky cheeky dink right down the middle.

02:50Otavio at his head to it. Almost the chance for Radif to steal in that.

02:57Excellent strength from Laporte. Just just knew the situation. Bento's come out to help him.

03:02Just enough strength just to push Radif away.

03:07Oh and flicked in beautifully.

03:23He got forward so well there. Salim Al-Naj. And he has his first goal for Al Nasser. And Al Nasser have a crucial second.

03:33Excellent work by Mane here. And the weight of the pass. But also the bravery from Al Nasser here.

03:39As he steps forward you think that maybe he might cross it. But he shows the composer to just lift it over Rodak.

03:46And it goes in. But this is the run that we wanted him to make in the first half. He didn't make it.

03:50This time he makes it. Sadio Mane finds him. Rodak doesn't quite get there and it's an excellent finish.

03:55Excellent finish. Mane. Reinforcements arrive. Mane. Taliska. This time he makes sure.

04:06Sure of the finish. And sure of the points.

04:09I made no mistake this time. I think it's about his fourth or fifth shot. But this one is perfect.

04:16I think the cutback was initially maybe for a Cristiano Ronaldo towards the front. But Taliska

04:22sniffs it out. And as he just comes back onto it. It's on his favoured left foot and just whips

04:26it into that bottom corner. Great finish. And he gets his third goal of the season.

04:37Speaking of blank sheets. Here's Dembele with a chance to take away the clean sheets of Al Nasser.

04:42A chance that went to begging.

04:44Joe's Costa. Here comes Reidy. It's a big save from Bento and I don't know what happens here but they open up

04:55for the first time today and just gets on the wrong side of the shoulder and

04:59Amaric Laporte just reads it just in time to do enough to put him off.

05:02And Ronaldo. Oh he's rattled the crossbar. A fabulous strike.

05:19Really had no right in hitting the ball that well. Sadio Mane picks him out on the edge of the block so

05:24well. There's quite a lot of pace on the ball but Cristiano Ronaldo hits across it really well with his

05:30laces just on the kind of outside of the boot and rattles the crossbar.

05:38Mane.

05:45Sibiani was making the block and bodies all over the place here for Al Etivac.

05:52We've got cramp. We've got dead legs. We've done a wall.

05:54Radhi's gone down with cramp so yeah I think they're definitely ready for this referee's final.

06:01It should come any minute now.

06:06Three steps forward one step back the story of the start of this season for Steven Gerrard.

06:12And a new dawn for Al Nasser. A new face in the dugouts. A new momentum. They've kick-started their

06:18season in the south of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia tonight. Al Nasser with a very handsome 3-0 win.

06:24Snatching the 100% record away from Steven Gerrard and Al Etivac.

06:33And seeing themselves surge up the table. Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot set them on the way in the first

06:38half. After Madhu's foul and then two goals in the second half. Brilliantly taken one from Salam El

06:45Naj. That was halfway through the second half. And Talisker four minutes later making sure.

06:51Final score then. Al Etivac nil. Al Nasser three.

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