Al Nassr vs Al Wehda Highlights, Saudi Pro League 2023-24: Ronaldo scores a hattrick to close gap with Al Hilal

Freekick for Al Wehda in the opposition half. The cross out wide left is headed away by Al Boushal for a corner. The corner is cleared away by the Al Nassr defense. And there goes the final whistle. What a dominant performance from Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr.

Three minutes of added time.

Al Fatil scores!! Fatil plays a ball through on the right for Al Nemer. He gets past his defender and goes for goal himself. He hits the bottom of the left post and the ball falls to Fatil who smashes it into an empty net.

Al Wehda’s Fajr is shown a yellow card for a bad tackle on Al Fatil. 

Al Nemer tries to break away on the right. The ball is headed away from his path by Al Hafith.

Ten minutes plus added time to play. Al Nassr seems content with its lead now, playing the ball around the back and keeping possession. It gives Luis Castro the liberty to make use of his squad.

Al Wehda: Bakshween is replaced by Al Azizi

Al Nassr: Ronaldo and Mane are replaced by Al Sulaiheem and Al Nemer 

Al Wehda: Anselmo and Van Crooy are replaced by Al-Hejji and Yahya Naji

Laporte is back on his feet and looks fine. Play resumes.

Aymeric Laporte goes down after a hard collision with an opposition player. That looked rough. Referee stops play for medical attention.

Al Nassr: Nawaf Boushal comes on for Al Ghannam

Alex Telles takes a fantastic first touch to drive into the edge of the box. He tries to cut back and find Ronaldo, but the pass is intercepted and cleared away.

Anselmo tries his luck from way out. The ball sails over the crossbar in the end.

A good build-up play from Al Wehda ends up with Al Ghamdi receiving the ball in an offside position.

Al Wehda cannot seem to find a way past the Al Nassr defense. Brozovic takes a shot from outside the box which goes just wide of the left post.

Once again its Mane with the attack. He tries to drive into the box from the left and pull off a shot. The ball is blocked in the end. Corner comes in from Alex Telles. Ronaldo heads it across goal and Mane fouls Ighalo while trying to get the ball. Lajami shoots it into the net but the referee rules it out.

Sadio Mane gets a chance inside the box. His shot is directed wide by some good defending from the Al Wehda defense.

RONALDO GETS HIS HATTRICK!! Mane plays the ball through Ronaldo who makes a run behind the defender. He lashes his left foot at it and finds the back of the net for yet another hattrick. VAR is checking if Ronaldo is offside. The referee points to te middle and the goal stands

Al Nassr keeps possession of the ball and is showing no signs of stopping. Ronaldo is brought down just outside the penalty box. Referee waves play on.

Al Nassr kicks off the match, shooting from left to right. Can Ronaldo get a hattrick? Substitution for both teams.

Al Nassr: Ahmed and Otavio are replaced by Al Fatil and Ali Al-Hassan

Al Wehda: Al Issa and Noor are replaced by Al Ghamdi and Abdulah Bukhari

The referee blows the whistle for half-time. What a performance from the home side. 

Corner for Al Nassr. A bit of a tussle going on inside the penalty box as an Al Wehda player goes down. The referee stops play to diffuse the situation.

Seven minutes of added time to play.

MANE SCORES!! Laporte takes the goal-kick and finds Ronaldo in the middle of the pitch. He heads it to Mane who pulls off a brilliant one-touch move with Otavio to set himself through on goal. He keeps calm and finishes it past the goal keeper.

Five minutes plus added time to go in the first half.

Anselmo is booked for stepping on Otavio’s foot while challenging for the ball. VAR is checking for a possible red card. Plays resumes.

Al Issa gets the ball for Al Wehda on the right. He puts in a ball into the box. Ighalo takes a touch and fires it over the goal while trying it to hit it with his left.

Al Wehda is trying to play balls over the top to catch the Al Nassr high line off guard. But the deliveries have been poor, almost all off them being gathered by Ospina. 

Match resumes after the drinks break.

Freekick for Al Wehda on the right side of the pitch. The cross looks good and Abdulaziz Noor gets his head to it. The ball rattles off the crossbar before being cleared away by the defense.

Alex Telles switches play to the right to Ahmed who plays Ghannam into the right side of the box. He puts a cross to Otavio in the box. He stretches his leg to take a touch and the ball hits the crossbar. It falls to Ronaldo who was offside.

Lajami plays a ball over the top fo Ronaldo who was making a run. The Al Wehda centre back does well to head the ball away from Ronaldo who was in sight of goal.

Al Issa goes down in the box after a minor clip from an Al Nassr defender. He stays on the ground while the ball goes out of play. VAR checks and play resumes.

Otavio scores!! Mane delivers a beautiful ball over the top to Otavio who made a perfect run between the defenders. His touch is sublime and he keeps it cool to dink it past the keeper.

Ighalo makes an early run into the box and turns away from his defender. He gets the ball and pulls off a shot with his left. It goes under Ospina into the goal. But the referee immediately blows the whistle for offside.

RONALDO AGAIN!! Otavio plays a ball into Brozovic on the left. He has enough space to look up and put in a beautiful cross in the middle. Ronaldo jumps the highest and directs the ball into the goal.

Another chance for Al Wehda. Noor tries to find Ighalo inside the box with a cross from the right. Ighalo fails to get a touch and it goes across goal.

Al Nassr’s Ahmed goes down after a collision with an Al Wehda player. The referee stops the play to bring in medical attention.

Al Wehda has a chance now. Noor drives down the right and gets past Telles to put a ball into the middle. Laporte positions himself well inside the six-yard box to clear it away.

RONALDO SCORES!! The Al Wehda keeper’s poor clearance is intercepted by Ronaldo. He does not miss time as he takes the shot whilst slipping. The goalkeeper has no chance of getting it.

Mane capitalises on a mistake at the back from Al Wehda and wins the ball inside the box. He passes it to Ronaldo in the middle. He takes a shot which goes wide of the left post. What a miss!! 

Al Wehda kicks off the match, shooting from right to left.

Both the teams are making their way into the Al-Awwal Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the home side while Waleed Bakshween leads Al Wehda.

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Al Nassr will be coming into the match after sealing its place in the King Cup of Champions final after beating Al Khaleej 3-1. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the match to help his side set up a final against Al Hilal, to be played on May 31st. 

Al Nassr is currently second in the league table, 12 points behind leader Al Hilal, with just five games left to play. Al Wehda on the other hand is 12th in the table with 32 points from 29 matches.

With 29 goals so far, Ronaldo will be looking to extend his lead over Al Hilal’s Aleksandar Mitrovic in the league’s top scorers list.

Munir (gk), Ahmed, Hafith, Makki, Al Issa, Fajr, Bakshween, Noor, Anselmo, Van Crooy, Ighalo

Ospina (gk), Al Ghannam, Lajami, Laporte, Telles, Ahmed, Alkhaibari, Brozovic, Otavio, Mane, Ronaldo (c)

The Saudi Pro League 2023-24 match between Al Nassr and Al Wehda will kick off on 4 May, Saturday, at 11:30 PM IST at the Al-Awwal Stadium in Riyadh.

The match will be live telecasted on the Sony Sports Network. The match will also be live streamed on the Sony LIV app and website.