Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in 86th minutes after elbowing Ali Albulayhi chest in trending video.
Ronaldo’s frustrations began late in the first half when his side had a goal disallowed because of the Portugal star. He was in an offside position when the ball came into the box and he tried to play the ball before it made its way through to Otavio, who scored. The flag went up because of Ronaldo’s attempt to touch the ball and, sure enough, the decision to disallow it was upheld after a VAR review.
It was Al-Hilal who finally took the lead just after the hour mark when Sergej Milinkovic-Savic played the ball through to Salem Al-Dawsari, who raced ahead of the Al-Nassr defence and fired into the net. They came close to doubling their lead shortly afterwards when Malcom’s fine strike from distance smacked the post. Malcom got his goal with just less than 20 minutes left on the clock when a dangerous cross found him running into the box and the Brazilian’s well-placed header beat David Ospina.
Sadio Mane did pull a goal back for Al-Nassr but Al-Hilal went on to win the game 2-1. The Saudi Pro League leaders now go on to the Saudi Super Cup final to face Al-Ittihad who beat Al-Wehda 2-1 earlier in the day.