In the decisive game, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, who scored twice today, and Otávio’s team will face the holder of the trophy, Al Hilal, coached by Jorge Jesus and with Ruben Neves in the squad, who on Tuesday beat Al-Ittihad, by 2-1.
It was in the 17th minute that Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Al Nassr, taking advantage of a goalkeeper’s error to shoot, on the half-turn, into the empty goal, with nothing worth the quick recovery of the rival athlete and another defender.
At 36, a ball that, from close range, rebounded into the arm of a defender resulted in a penalty that Senegalese Sadio Mané converted to make it 2-0, which reflected the hosts’ clear supremacy.
If there was any doubt, in the 57th minute, a cross from the right, a first deflection and Cristiano Ronaldo, in the second, after an initial save by the goalkeeper, made it 3-0.
Pedro Emanuel’s Al Khaleej, 11th in the championship, lined up with the Portuguese Pedro Robocho, Fábio Martins and Ivo Rodrigues, but it was Fawaz Al Terais who, in the 82nd minute, reduced it to 3-1, by giving the best follow-up to a intersection on the right.
Al Nassr, which has not won the competition since 1990, is looking for its seventh trophy, while Al Hilal is looking for its 11th, just behind Al Ahli in history, which it leads with 13 scepters.