00:00It is the first game of Matchday 5 in the Rishon Saudi League.
00:15Welcome to the action from Al-Awal Park.
00:19Al-Nasr return to Riyadh after three successive games on the road in three different competitions.
00:26Round to make up already on their title rivals ahead of the visit of Al-Waida.
00:30Fifth from top against fifth from bottom after four fixtures of the new league season.
00:34Four points between them, 6-0 it finished to Al-Nasr when the club's last met here in May
00:39with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick for the German.
00:43Bastiaan Dankert will get the action underway.
00:47So here we go, both teams in their traditional colours.
00:49It's the visitors Al-Waida all in the red that get the action started from left to right.
00:55Al-Nasr, the firm favourites.
00:58Al-Waida trying to start on the front foot.
01:05Longer here for Wesley, he does reach it but his touch takes him a little wider than he might have liked.
01:11Cristiano Ronaldo just denied the chance to get the shot away.
01:15A little glance in the referee's direction but no more as he went flying in the penalty area.
01:21Wesley again.
01:23Winty back in red, Otavio will Dinkin endangerously dealt with decisively by Al-Washir.
01:32He had his mind up early, he was going to deal with it, but he might be required again here.
01:37This is better from Al-Nasr, and they have three waiting in the penalty area.
01:41It didn't get that far, they will have to settle for the corner.
01:44Goalkeeper does well, he's under pressure,
01:46I think it originally is the ball gonna be too risky to play,
01:49but the timing of the runs, Mane in particular,
01:52but the goalkeeper under pressure, confident, took the pressure off his team.
01:58It's in by Otavio, headed goalwards, good save but he couldn't hold it!
02:01This is Wesley, brilliant again from the goalkeeper, Al-Washir,
02:05who was up so quickly and in the way to shut the door on Wesley just in time.
02:10It's a great run, great header, the save was very, very good.
02:14The follow-up as it dropped, I think that was what was impressive.
02:17This save's good, strong right hand, Ronaldo right on top as it spills,
02:21just goes past him.
02:23And a great recovery as the goalkeeper jumps up.
02:28And still, a little bit further maybe than he might have done,
02:32and does get the free kick at the end of it,
02:34the referee appears to be reaching for a card as well.
02:37Just couldn't get hold of the ball, but it was contact,
02:40and you see that as the stud comes across,
02:43it's quite high maybe, onto the top of the ship pad.
02:48It's a drift in field.
02:53Seeing if the shot may be, it was hit with venom.
02:57Sultan Al-Ghanam running on to it, and he had a clear side of goal.
03:02He gets it to those physicians, Al-Ghanam, why not?
03:06Nobody close, I don't think it's a bad effort.
03:10THEY CHANT
03:15They advance here with Wesley,
03:17might open up here for Wesley, brilliant effort!
03:20Which comes back off the post, just a fraction away from a debut goal
03:25in the Saudi Pro League for Wesley, and when that left his boot,
03:28the Brazilian must have thought it had every chance.
03:32Here come Alnasser, Mane playing the pass, Angelo.
03:36Brilliant, how about that?
03:41Some way to score your first goal in the Saudi Pro League.
03:46The teenage Brazilian with a moment to remember.
03:50Or does he mean it?
03:52It doesn't matter, off he celebrates.
03:56He'll return it to Angelo, he floats it in threateningly,
04:00and it reaches Mane!
04:02And he's missed it.
04:06Chance for number two just before the break for Alnasser.
04:11First half not quite finished yet, lovely through ball,
04:15Garoppolo wanted it.
04:18Good effort, and it wasn't far away.
04:22It has caused issues, they had others in red trying to reach it as well.
04:28That was close, that could have been 1-1.
04:32Angelo's got the only goal so far, stopped that time by Alaeli.
04:39Otavio's corner, and towards Cristiano Ronaldo.
04:43Of course it was.
04:45It wasn't too far away as he tries to try and meet that.
04:49Still glides so well.
04:51Trajectory he gets.
04:53Good delivery, disappointment there of the manager.
04:58He's lost out there against Igalo, who required a little bit of support.
05:03Wasn't forthcoming in the numbers needed, maybe,
05:06and instead it's Odi and Igalo, and now Goodwin.
05:09And this is Bakuna!
05:11Good stop.
05:13Benzo behind it as he needed to be,
05:15because Janinho Bakuna got hold of that.
05:18This is a big save.
05:20It's their first shot on target of the game.
05:23Statement of second-half intent, maybe, from those in red.
05:31Lovely scout.
05:32Nothing at the end of it for Sultan,
05:34still may be the danger though, or was there something at the end of it?
05:38Yeah, the referee's given it, I think.
05:40Sultan Al-Ghanam went down.
05:42He perhaps played the advantage at the time,
05:45because Alnasser were still in a favourable position,
05:48they could be in a very favourable position now.
05:51It was lovely, wasn't it, from Sultan Al-Ghanam,
05:53and it deserved some sort of reward.
05:57They are just having a look, I think, now.
06:00I think it carried on a little bit, that's what they're looking at.
06:04Big moment, this, isn't it?
06:07Big moment in the match.
06:09I bet you'll be able to tell me who's going to take it.
06:12No surprises whatsoever in that respect.
06:17Ronaldo delays, but scores!
06:19Emphatically in the end, 2-0 Alnasser.
06:24Cristiano Ronaldo has his say from the spot.
06:28Tempo, the power, goalkeeper,
06:31once he doesn't be able to guess because of the delay,
06:34puts it into that side, wonderful penalty.
06:38So far hasn't been the conviction from Alweda that they could get back in it.
06:42Ronaldo here looking to wrap it up,
06:44maybe he's unselfish in finding Sadio Mane,
06:47but the offside flag has gone up.
06:50Ronaldo in that position, assistant referee waits for protocol to say,
06:55let's have a look at the outcome.
06:57Drifts the ball across, Mane not convincing, did the job.
07:18It was going to prove so costly,
07:20it does seem to have worked out that way.
07:24Let's get on with the game.
07:26Referee's delaying it, waiting, yes he's bringing people over,
07:30but one delay just leads into another,
07:33no wonder the frustrations are there.
07:36He has brought out the card again,
07:38and Waleed Bakhshri in there,
07:40the captain was already on a yellow,
07:42so it's cost him his participation in what remains of the game.
07:45And a suspension to follow as well, because he's been sent off here.
07:50Alweda with the ten back behind the ball,
07:52but not necessarily doing enough with it here.
07:55Back in by Sultan Al-Ghanam,
07:58ricochets away,
07:59found himself in a really good position there,
08:01he had others including Mane in the middle.
08:03Five added minutes played,
08:05this will probably be the last moment of the match.
08:09And indeed the full-time whistle heralds a problem,
08:14a pretty comfortable win for Alnasser in the end.
08:19Goals from Angelo, his first for the club in the first half,
08:24and then almost inevitably from Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot.
08:29And it's three wins in a week in charge for Stefano Pioli.
08:34Three straight defeats for Alweda,
08:36not quite the same damage done as the seven they conceded
08:39that Al-Itty had in their previous away game,
08:41but they didn't quite get close enough in the second half.
08:44And the result in Riyadh is a home win here,
08:46Alnasser's first of the season in this division.
08:48Full-time, Alnasser 2-0 Alweda.
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