In the match between Al Tai vs Al Nassr in round 8 of the 2023/24 Saudi Arabia National Championship, goals from Talisca and Cristiano Ronaldo helped the away team leave with 3 complete points.

Scored 

Al Tai: Misidjan (79′)

Al Nassr: Talisca (32′), Ronaldo (pen 87′)

Al Tai is in poor form, having only won 2/7 recent matches since the beginning of the season. The rest, they drew 1 and lost 4. At home, they also played erratically and were unstable, only winning 2 and losing 4 in the past 6 matches.

Not only that, Al Tai is also inferior in the confrontations with Al Nassr. Specifically, they only won 1 in the last 10 Al Nassr encounters (draw 1, lose 8). Even at home, Al Tai also won 1 and lost 4/5 of the last time they welcomed Al Nassr. Therefore, Al Nassr entered the game extremely confident even though they had to be guests on the opponent’s field.

As usual, Ronaldo is the destination of Al Nassr’s attacks. He had 3-4 opportunities to score against Al Tae but unfortunately missed them all. However, Ronaldo still contributed greatly to Al Nassr’s opening goal. In the 32nd minute, the Portuguese superstar passed the ball with one touch, giving Talisca the opportunity to face the goalkeeper before scoring and 1-0 for Al Nassr.

Entering the second half, Al Tai played more boldly and was determined not to let the away team leave with 3 easy points. Al Tai and Al Nassr created an attractive attack and tit-for-tat battle.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo, despite having more shots, could not help Al Nassr score more goals. When Ronaldo appeared ungainly, luck came to Al Tai. In the 79th minute, Misidjan took advantage of an offside error by Al Nassr’s defense to escape and equalize 1-1 for the home team.

However, the joy did not last long for Al Tai. In the 87th minute, Ronaldo finally scored for Al Nassr with a successful penalty kick. Before that, Al Taee’s Semedo let the ball touch his hand in the penalty area, thereby giving Al Nassr a penalty. This is CR7’s 4th goal in the last 4 matches. This victory helps Al Nassr temporarily climb to 4th place on the Saudi League rankings with 18 points in hand, 2 points behind leading team Al Hilal.

Al Tai vs Al Nassr match lineup

Al Tai: Braga, Alnakhli, Bauer, Roco, Qasim, Semedo, Abdullah, Cordea, Mensah, Misidjan, Mark Dugandzic

Al Nassr: Nawaf, Sultan, Lajami, Laporte, Telles, Al Khaibari, Brozović, Talisca, Otavio, Mane, Ronaldo