Al Nassr beats Al Shabab highlights: SHB 2-5 NAS, King Cup quarterfinals; Ronaldo scores and seals a spot in semis

The game started off strong for Al Shabab but it squanders an early penalty and Al Nassr scored moments later. Since then, the home side did equalise but Al Nassr was always on top of the game and two more goals in the first half sealed the win for them. Later Ronaldo and Maran scored to bring the victory home and seal a spot in the semifinals of the King Cup. 

Mane sprints deep into the opponent’s half and passes it Maran who strikes the ball into an empty goal. 

6 minutes added time awarded. 

Yanick Carrasco takes a shot from afar which hits the post and lands in the feet of Hattan who finished comfortably into the net. 

Laporte gives the ball away inches away from goal as Diallo intercepts and strikes it towards goal, but just wide. 

Brozovic plays a long ball to Mane who sets the ball to Ronaldo, but the Balon d’Or winner’s shot goes straight into the keeper’s gloves. 

Al Nassr extends its lead as Otavia plays a pass piercing through Al Shabab’s backline and finds Ronaldo who finishes in the bottom right corner. 

Ghareeb dribbles deep into Al Shabab’s half butthe defenders crowd around the lone attacker and win possession back. 

Brozovic gives the ball away in a dangerous position but Carlos Junior failed to take a shot in time and squanders a big opportunity. 

Al Nassr holds the posession so far but Al Shabab is on its toes looking for a chance to prowl on. Al Nassr’s backline is maintaining its shape well giving the home side no time to build an attack. 

Carrasco was through on goal but he waited for his teammates to push and ultimately the ball was cleared away by Al Nassr’s backline. 

Cristiano Ronaldo finds space near the box and fires a shot but wide off the target. 

Second half begins as Al Nassr enjoys a comfortable lead.

Al Nassr would be delighted with its performance as it leads the quarterfinals by two goals. Al Shabab started off strong but missed an early penalty and conceded a goal moments later which was a big blow to its morale. Al Nassr has been playing well all-round but the home side has made plenty of decent chances on goal and can’t be rules out of the contest just yet. 

Brozovic a pass into the box towards Ronaldo who leaves it for Ghareeb as the attacker finishes his side’s third goal into the net. 

The ref has awarded 5 minutes of added time in the first half. 

With half-time just around the corner, both sides are still looking for a goal as we are witnessing an exciting end-to-end game of football

Al Yami plays a beautiful dinking ball to Mowallad that beats all the defends, but a charging Nawaf, reaches the ball first and collects it in his gloves. 

Al Nassr wins possession and breaks on a quick counter with Mane who plays a pass to Otavia, who driblles ahead and plays it sback to Mane in front of open goal, fooling the keeper, as Al Nassr goes ahead. 

Carlos Junior was left unmarked during a corner as the Al Shabab attacker heads the ball into the net. 

Fofana plays the perfect scorpion kick pass to Ronaldo right in front of goal but the Portuguese’s strike is saved by the diving keeper. 

Ghareeb plays a pass behind to Ronaldo who was unmarked inside the box, but his shot didn’t connect porperly and the ball goes out for a corner after a deflection. 

Mowallad tackles Ronaldo from behind and completely misses the ball. Ref awards a yellow. 

Mane sets the ball up for Fofana inside the box which is saved by the keeper, but Fofana shoots again from the rebound and scores the opening goal. 

Yannik Carrasco slips right at the spot as the ball powers over the crossbar into the stands. Chance wasted for Al Shabab. 

Ghareeb trips Carassco inside the box and Al Shabab is gifted a crucial penalty. 

Ronaldo stands in his iconic pose and takes a free-kick from 20 yards but his shot goes through the wall but is saved brilliantly by Seung Gyu, Al Shabab’s keeper. 

Sadio Mane plays a cutting pass into the box to Otavia but the attacker misjudges the run as the ball rolls behind his legs to Al Shabab. 

Shabab makes a brilliant play as Mowallad gets a through ball inside the box but fluffs his first time finish straight towards the keeper. Al Shabab could have gotten an early lead. 

Fofana gives away possession deep into the defensive half as Al Shabab breaks into an attack that ends with an off-side call. 

The game kicks off as the heavyweight Al Nassr eyes a semifinal spot. 

Al Shabab hosts Al Nassr in the King Cup quarterfinals on Monday, December 11, 2023 at the Al-Shabab Club Stadium in Riyadh. 

The home side is struggling in the Saudi Pro League however it will be hoping to shine in the domestic tournament. Al Nassr is flying high in the league but just edged past Al Ettifaq by one goal in extra-time during the round of 16 clash. 

Al Nassr is heading into the game with a dominant win over Al Riyadh in its last game and will be eyeing the semifinal spot.