Al Nassr refuses to hand over the Saudi Arabian champion title to Al Hilal 'on a silver platter', and on Saturday, they visited and defeated Al Khaleej, 1-0, in a match marked by the return of Cristiano Ronaldo, after serving a suspension. The team of Portuguese coach Luís Castro was always the most dangerous, at the Prince Nayef Ben Abdulaziz stadium, but the truth is that they only managed to create a 'dent' in Pedro Emanuel's team at 68 minutes, thanks to a precise shot by Aymeric Laporte, who made the best of an assist by Marcelo Brozovic. This was, moreover, a match with a strong Portuguese 'accent', since, in addition to the aforementioned participants, Pedro Rebocho, Ivo Rodrigues, Fábio Martins (for the home team) and Otávio (for the visitors) also stepped onto the pitch. After the math, with this triumph, Al Nassr now has 71 points, which leaves them in second place, nine points behind Al Hilal, of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves, who, however, have a game in arrears to play. Al Khaleej, on the other hand, is 11th in the standings, with 35 points, at a time when only five rounds remain until the end of the current season.

Lineups

Al Khaleej: Sehic; Al-Hamsl, Lisandro López, Masoud, Al-Khabrani, Pedro Rebocho; Ivo Rodrigues, Hamzi; Narey, Al-Torais and Sherif.

Al Nassr: Ospina; Sultan, Fatil, Laporte, Alamri, Alex Telles; Alkhaibari, Brozovic, Otávio; Ghareeb and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Preview

The Prince Nayef Ben Abdulaziz stadium will be the stage, at the end of the afternoon this Saturday, for a match with a strong Portuguese 'accent', counting for the 29th round of the main echelon of Saudi Arabian football, which will bring face to face Al Khaleej, of Pedro Emanuel, Pedro Rebocho, Ivo Rodrigues and Fábio Martins, and Al Nassr, of Luís Castro, Otávio and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The visitors go into the game knowing, in advance, that they have no room for error, since, on the eve, Al Hilal, of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves, received and beat, on the eve, Al Fateh, by 3-1, to consolidate a 12-point advantage in the lead.

The home team, on the other hand, go into the game hoping to secure an even more comfortable 'cushion' in the fight for maintenance, since, after 28 rounds, they are 11th in the standings, with a ten-point advantage over the 'waterline'.

Stay with Desporto ao Minuto and follow, from 7 pm, Al-Khaleej-Al Nassr.

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