Al Hilal de Jesus reaches the final of the Saudi Super Cup in a game with Cristiano Ronaldo being sent off
This Monday, Al Hilal of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves got the better of Al Nassr of Luís Castro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Otávio in the semi-final of the Saudi Arabian Super Cup, with a 2-1 victory, and guaranteed the possibility of discuss this season’s title against Karim Benzema and company’s Al Ittihad.
In a very well contested first half, in which Jorge Jesus’ team dominated in possession, but it was Al Nassr who were always closer to scoring, the goals would only appear in the second half, where JJ’s team were clearly higher. Al Dawsari opened the scoring in the 61st minute, with a brilliant shot, and then it was Malcom, in the 72nd minute, to give Jorge Jesus’ men more peace of mind. At a time when Al Nassr was already seeing qualification becoming increasingly difficult, everything was complicated by the expulsion of Cristiano Ronaldo (86′), after a mix-up with Al Bulayhi on the touchline, leaving Al Nassr with just 10 players. Even with numerical inferiority, Luís Castro’s team managed to reduce the deficit in added time, through Sadio Mané (90’+9).
It should be noted that this was the 33rd consecutive victory for Jorge Jesus’ Al Hilal.