00:30Al-Nasr again facing up to the dominant domestic force of Al-Hilal,
00:34with silverware at stake in the Super Cup.
00:38Al-Hilal won as recently as April,
00:41this time around it's back as the curtain-raiser.
00:47Al-Hilal who get the action underway, all in the whites,
00:51from left to right.
00:53Won't be too many surprises, Sam Park, in between these two sides,
00:56given the frequency and intensity of recent meetings.
01:01But no doubting the importance.
01:12First opportunity for Michael to flash it in,
01:14and it had to be dealt with and touched behind.
01:17It's a quite brilliant ball, it's the perfect area to hit.
01:20Milankovic-Savic does make the distance up.
01:27That actually came all the way through to the keeper.
01:30Just glanced that on, he had a little look over his shoulder.
01:33Milankovic-Savic trying to flick it across the six-yard box,
01:36nearly ended in an own goal.
01:40To try and win it back here.
01:42And return it to Nourdieu.
01:44Bono got a glove on it.
01:46Appeals are ongoing as the keeper comes clear.
01:49And tries to stop the counter-attack, you could see what he was trying.
01:53Cristiano Ronaldo's complaints continue though.
01:56They're not interested, the officials.
01:58Otavio did really well there, to keep that alive.
02:01Yeah, he's never going to get to the ball, even with his spring.
02:06Neves taking the pass from Koulibaly.
02:09Helping it wider.
02:11This is a strong run.
02:13Just maybe trying to take on one too many.
02:16Salomel-Dorceri, because he had other options in the middle.
02:19Yeah, the change of pace was electric once he received it off Neves.
02:23Clever play, Malcolm.
02:25The thing actually, Al-Ghanan does brilliantly not to make a challenge there.
02:29Just to put the brakes on and make sure he wasn't going to be given away a penalty.
02:34The brother on the bench, Abdulhamid, is the regular really in that right-back role.
02:38He started the semi-final as a substitute.
02:44That one thrashes in off the post!
02:46And it's scrambled away.
02:48It's not going to count, or it wouldn't have counted.
02:51But hearts were in mouths for a moment with Mitrovic in there.
02:55Yeah, he went really early here, keeping an eye on him.
02:58Just probably encapsulates the start he's had to this game.
03:01A little bit frustrated, desperate to get in there.
03:03Well, it was too early. It's a wonderful fingertip save, though.
03:06Quite brilliant from Bento.
03:11Garib, able to bring it down.
03:13Bring it under his spell.
03:16And he's still going here, Garib.
03:17Did really well in towards Ronaldo to get the touch!
03:21And late in the first half, Al Nasser in front in the Super Cup.
03:27He's afforded a nice little bit of space, that said.
03:32To Malcom.
03:35Inflates it in towards Mitrovic.
03:36Making a nuisance of himself in between the two defenders.
03:39Just did enough to deny him.
03:46Without Malcom in support.
03:48Maybe that's key, just getting Malcom a little bit more of the ball.
03:51Savic gets it back from Mitrovic and watches his way through
03:55to score the equalising goal!
04:00El Halal back on terms at 1-1.
04:05And after the initial few touches, your willingness to end up in the back of the net,
04:09that is brilliant, driving through a couple of challenges.
04:12The little roll with the studs as well.
04:14Enjoyed that, just to open up the shooting opportunity.
04:17That's the only place he can go, probably, high into the net.
04:19Lifts it on his weaker side.
04:23Beyond Bento, into the roof of the net.
04:25It's a quite brilliantly fashioned equalising goal.
04:32Defence coming under more sustained pressure now, though.
04:35Neves with the cross, Mitrovic rising!
04:37And getting the touch to it, to turn this around!
04:41Good deliveries in this second half.
04:43And this is just exquisite from Neves.
04:46Because it takes the goalkeeper out of the game.
04:48He just comes wandering, comes looking for it almost, the goalkeeper.
04:53And as a centre-forward, when that is in flight, your eyes are lighting up.
04:57The trajectory of it means it's such a simple finish for Mitrovic,
05:02who's getting the run on his opposite number.
05:05Goalkeeper in no man's land, you've got to say, really.
05:08Had he stayed, maybe he could have changed his position
05:11and come out and claimed that.
05:13In the end, Mitrovic gets a really simple goal.
05:16Brilliant ball in it was.
05:23That's well worked.
05:24That was cut back by Malkin for Mitrovic!
05:26And that might just do it!
05:29He's got himself another one.
05:32Tellez, for example, just getting back into the picture now.
05:34I think too many players tiptoeing forward, don't regain their shape.
05:38They're detached.
05:39You can see the defensive line is all over the place there
05:42when Malkin takes receipt of that.
05:44Intelligent play though, putting it back into an area.
05:47Mitrovic is just alive, isn't he?
05:49To pull out, he's quicker than any opponent.
05:52Repositions himself and then just thumps that into the roof of the net.
05:57Another real clinical finish from him,
05:59having not been in the game on a hat-trick all of a sudden.
06:08It's a heavy touch.
06:09It could be a gift of a goal, it is!
06:12Nightmare moment for Bento.
06:14And it's all going wrong for Luis Castro and El Nacer.
06:18Split, it's just a heavy touch off the right foot
06:21and then he's scrambling to recover.
06:23He's a little bit rushed the way he goes in.
06:25Malkin evades it.
06:28For a moment he was going to step aside and allow Mitrovic to get his third
06:31but Malkin has split to get himself on the scoresheet and does so.
06:36A gift.
06:39Some return for Malkin.
06:42And they've made it count in some style in the second half to get the job done.
06:48The outcome no longer in doubt really well before the conclusion.
06:53Having much to a couple of quick goals from Mitrovic
06:56after a brilliant equaliser from Milinkovic-Savic.
06:59The last one was gifted somewhat to Malkin
07:01and Al-Hilal hold on to the Super Cup.
07:04Winners in the final by four goals to one for the second season in succession.
07:10They lift it for a record-extending fifth occasion.
07:13El Nacer won, Al-Hilal four is the way it's finished.
07:17The presentation now, it's what they've been waiting around for.
07:20It's what they've become accustomed to seeing really of lately.
07:24Al-Hilal supporters, whatever the competition, certainly domestically.
07:30Their side have been the dominant force.
07:40We have put on a show in Abba tonight
07:44and indeed over the course of the last few days
07:47with those two closely contested semi-finals as well.
07:51Al-Hilal about to lift the prize.
07:58I think we'll be up first, the officiating team from Portugal tonight.
08:03What a good game, didn't he?
08:07Martins Suarez-Diaz in charge.
08:10Just took the sting out of some situations, a few flashpoints.
08:14The referee gets the right feeling.
08:16I think the officials did a really good job tonight.
08:20You always get a bit of an edge when these two rivals get together.
08:24That's certainly the case throughout the contest.
08:27So they receive their medals for the part that they've played.
08:30It's such a sense of occasion in circumstances like this.
08:39The decision made this year to bring this competition back
08:43to its traditional home really is the curtain raiser to the new campaign.
08:47It's the first time in six years that it has been the case.
08:51It has set up Al-Hilal with the opportunity to make a spectacular comeback.
08:59To make a super start to the defence of their trophies.
09:03One of them secured already.
09:09Before they get their medals, before they get the trophy.
09:13Applause for the runners-up.
09:15Once again, Luis Castro and his side have to settle for second
09:20in a two-team contest with Al-Hilal.
09:23It was the case in the title race, it was a race really
09:26that Al-Hilal were well clear of long before its conclusion.
09:30It was the case in a much more closely contested cup final
09:33in the final game of last season.
09:37Although they struck first today, they briefly raised hopes
09:40just before half-time.
09:42They didn't get as close as it turned out this time around.
09:47Frustration that they will use to fuel what will come in the campaign ahead.
09:52But it's a familiar feeling, I guess, the disappointment
09:55that they're having to digest right now.
09:57Yeah, I suppose it's that motivation they're going to have to take from this
10:01to be better, I think, and to match their other rivals
10:08that are going to, along with Al-Hilal, come back strong
10:11at the start of the season.
10:12They're going to want to make it a more thrilling title race,
10:15I'm sure those sides just won't want to feel this again.
10:20So they've got to use this as motivation.
10:23All smiles now and a raw feeling that comes at the final whistle
10:29maybe starting to subside and you can switch your thoughts
10:32towards the start of the campaign and how they're going to go about
10:35achieving their goals.
10:37Got enough good players, haven't they, to be closer to Al-Hilal?
10:40That absolutely wasn't evident today in that second half.
10:43Maybe a few additions to come and maybe that will freshen up
10:47the appetite as well.
10:53Ronaldo got his customary goal at the end of the first half,
10:57ultimately not enough.
10:58Sadio Mane maybe didn't quite have as significant a say today
11:02as he would have been hoping for.
11:03There has been a little bit of speculation about his future
11:06a season into his career at the club.
11:10He played his part in the semi-final success in setting up
11:13one of the goals that got them here, that earned their shot
11:16at their great rivals again, another shot at their great rivals.
11:19Once more they have just fallen short.
11:22They're coming off second best against Koulibaly in the
11:26battle of the Senegalese.
11:28This has tended to be the case during their respective spells
11:31in Saudi Arabia so far.
11:33The runners-up medal is handed out.
11:36Now the party can get started very shortly for Al-Hilal.
11:40They've waited patiently, haven't they, since the full-time whistle went.
11:44The presentation party has assembled on the podium
11:48I'm sure Jesus will lead his side up yet again.
11:50He's getting used to this.
12:00Yet another trophy, yet another medal for the collection
12:04for Jesus, the age of 17 now, a serial winner.
12:0824 competitions won across three continents.
12:12Three Saudi Super Cups to his collection now.
12:18No sign of a let-up in his team's domestic dominance.
12:22That may be even more important.
12:24The significance of this success, as much of the medals
12:28that they're receiving around their necks.
12:30Mitrovic with two goals in quick succession,
12:32taking this final away from Al Nasser.
12:35Once again he's in the right place to do what he does.
12:39He's quiet in the first half, that's for sure.
12:43I think when he faces games of that nature he sometimes comes
12:48deep and starts looking to get involved in the build-up play.
12:51So pivotal he is, working as a focal point.
12:54He's always the first kind of outlet for a side to try and hit.
12:57But today he stayed in the box.
13:01As an opposition you've got to try and keep him out of there.
13:04It sounds simplistic, but as soon as you allow him to
13:08get the run on you, he's so aggressive.
13:11With intelligence as well, his movement to position himself
13:15where he's going to get chances.
13:17Very Mitrovic goals it felt tonight.
13:19A far post header and a finish from six or seven yards out.
13:23Where he was just the quickest to react in the 18-yard box.
13:26There's no one comparable, is there?
13:28I don't think in the league he's going to give you that consistency
13:32and that regularity of performances.
13:36It's something that the others are going to have to get on with
13:40to find those goals from various sources
13:43rather than that one player who is just so consistent.
13:46He has, like Ronaldo, just an incredible desire
13:49to find the back of the net.
13:52Both starting as they mean to go on
13:55at the opening of a new campaign.
13:58But it's Mitrovic's moment tonight with the two goals
14:01that turn this around.
14:03Brilliant equaliser from Sergo Malenkovic-Savic
14:06in which Mitrovic played his part as well.
14:09Just over ten minutes into the second half
14:11that Malenkovic-Savic equaliser.
14:14It changed everything, didn't it, as it turned out?
14:17It did. It was a moment of rare quality at that stage.
14:20Brilliant goal from him.
14:22As I said during the commentary during the game,
14:24every touch almost had to be perfect.
14:26He had five or six touches, maybe, Malenkovic-Savic.
14:29But the way he had to maraud through challenges
14:33and then the finish itself when the goalkeeper
14:36was spreading himself to lift it
14:38showed great intelligence as well.
14:40So it was a brilliant goal.
14:42And the captain now is about to lift the trophy,
14:45Salim Al-Dawsiri.
14:47The skipper with more success to celebrate
14:51the fifth Super Cup win this for Al-Hilal.
14:54He's been involved as Al-Dawsiri in all but the first of them.
14:58And the tank is placed, I think,
15:00in the middle of his team-mates on that stage
15:03very shortly before lifting that trophy aloft.
15:08No sign soon of them losing this winning feeling
15:11on the evidence of what we've seen tonight.
15:15Salim Al-Dawsiri makes his way to his team-mates
15:18to start the celebrations,
15:20because once again Al-Hilal have won the Saudi Super Cup.
