Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored two goals only with penalty kicks (PK), led Saudi Arabia’s professional soccer team Al-Nasr to a complete victory over Al-Shabaab, whose goalkeeper Kim Seung-kyu was the goalkeeper of Klinsmann.안전놀이터
In the 2023-2024 Saudi Professional League Round 4 home game against Al-Shabaab held at Al-Wal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 30th (Korean time), Al-Nasr won 4-0 with Ronaldo’s one-man show, which scored 2 goals and 1 assist.
Al-Nassr, who suffered two consecutive losses in the opening round, won a 5-0 victory with Ronaldo’s hat-trick and Sadio Mane’s multi-goal in the third round. won 4-0.
Al Nasr was ranked 6th with 6 points (2 wins, 2 losses), and Al-Shabaab (2 points, 2 draws, 2 losses) was ranked 17th, in the relegation zone (16th to 18th).
In particular, Al-Nasr’s ‘double gun’ Ronaldo and Mane teamed up to score 8 goals in 2 matches (5 goals for Ronaldo and 3 goals for Mane), showing off their terrifying decisiveness.
On the other hand, the Korean national soccer team’s starting goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, ahead of the call for an A-match in September, made several wonderful super saves, but had to concede 4 goals to Al-Nasr’s wave of attacks and ponder the defeat.
Al-Nasr had his first chance to score in the 10th minute when Marcello Brozovic’s mid-range shot was blocked by Kim Seung-gyu’s save, but in the 11th minute of the first half, Al-Shabaab’s defender fouled the handball and won a penalty kick.
Al-Nassr took the lead as Ronaldo took the penalty kick and put the ball into the right side of Al-Shabaab’s goal, which was guarded by Kim Seung-gyu.
In the 36th minute of the first half, while penetrating to the left side of the penalty area, Ronaldo stumbled on a foul from a defender and induced a penalty kick. Kim Seung-gyu got the direction, but the speed of the ball was fast.
Al-Shabaab’s defense, which had become loose, gave Mane a key goal in the 40th minute of the first half.
Ronaldo’s pass from the penalty mark was sucked into the net when Mane hit a right-footed strong shot from the right side of the goal area.
Al-Nasr, who finished the first half 3-0, was awarded a penalty kick in the 18th minute of the second half, and kicker Abdulrahman Garib’s shot hit the left post. Garib’s left-footed shot was blocked by Kim Seung-gyu’s super save.
In the 20th minute of the second half, when Ronaldo’s cross from the left side hit the foot of defender Iago Santos and flew into the goal like a shot, Kim Seung-gyu quickly threw his body to block the conceded goal.
In the 33rd minute of the second half, midfielder Ever Banega was outnumbered as he was sent off after receiving a red card after attempting a radical back tackle while fighting Mane for the ball.
In the 35th minute of the second half, when Ronaldo’s header hit the right post, Al-Nassr scored with a left-footed shot from the left side of the goal area by Sultan Al-Gannam, making the score 4-0.
Ronaldo’s powerful left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area in the 38th minute of the second half was blocked by Kim Seung-kyu, and he failed to achieve a hat-trick.