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Coman Debut Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad 2-1 All Goals & Highlights- Saudi Super cup 2025
Coman Debut Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad 2-1
Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad 2-1 All Goals & Highlights- Saudi Super cup 2025
Coman Debut Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad 2-1
Al Nassr vs Al Ittihad 2-1 All Goals & Highlights- Saudi Super cup 2025
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00:00Al Etihad team has a familiar fearsome look about it led by the imperious Karim Benzema who was so
00:06potent last season clearly loves working under Laurent Blanc as well fellow Frenchman but
00:11having Moussa Diaby and Steven Bergwijn either side of him produced what was undeniably the
00:17driving force behind the success of Al Etihad last season really liked what I saw as well of
00:24Mario Mitae in the last campaign too so he might be one to watch in the new season the
00:29Albanian international still only 22 years old as well but there's a lot to be said for consistency
00:35when you are trying to win the title again that is what Al Etihad are looking to do
00:41let's take a closer look then shall we it's the first of our two semi-finalists remember this is
00:51the fourth edition now of the Saudi Super Cup in its revised format with the four teams competing
00:56rather than the two and I think for George Jesus I mean he was talking about it himself he's got such
01:03a plethora of great players to work with but he said the prospect of being with Cristiano Ronaldo was
01:10just too enticing for him to turn down so much talk earlier in the summer about Ronaldo's future
01:15so many questions about whether we'd see him in an Al Nasser shirt again but having committed to stay
01:21he then perhaps unsurprisingly had a very big say over the appointment of fellow Portuguese
01:27Jesus so clearly those two feel that together they can lead Al Nasser to some long overdue glory
01:34and talking of Portuguese contingents that seem to be growing at Al Nasser here is a another player that
01:41has come into the club over the summer from that particular part of the world
01:45Joao Felix in from Chelsea I think there were big names along with Kingsley Coman that Al Nasser felt
01:52they needed to get in terms of catapulting themselves forward this season Joao Felix who
01:59has had his time recently with Chelsea that was a rather unsuccessful spell a permanent campaign having
02:05joined them on loan a couple of years ago and spent part of 2025 out with AC Milan on loan as well so
02:13maybe this opportunity to be at a new home with a fresh start will help him to progress
02:20mentioned Al Nasser losing the Super Cup final to Al Halao in 2024 Al Eti have beaten by the same side
02:27in the 2020
02:29two of the biggest names in the game
02:37two experienced captains there who know each other only too well
02:54this evening Super Cup match officials led by Khaled Altarais from Saudi Arabia have an all Saudi officiating team here
03:08now first opportunity to attack and the balls just a little bit long from the first side Kingsley Coman getting involved for his new team
03:23kept in by the fleet-footed figure of Cristiano Ronaldo
03:28and getting a week out is a phenomenon I mean even at his age 40 years old you look at the goals that he's scoring and the opportunities that he's getting
03:39yeah they are sending it forward collected here by Sadio Mane blistering places he sends it into the centre Ronaldo got a boot on it
03:47and Coman well certainly did he got a boot underneath it
03:50just touched on there didn't we Sadio Mane and that's what they're going to look to do this season Al Nasser
03:56Coman and Mane in wide areas really good piece of play from Sadio Mane
04:01picks out Cristiano Ronaldo the contact isn't what he would have wanted
04:05Coman took it in on the far post doesn't quite get the connection
04:08good early promising start from Al Nasser
04:11met by Yaya the header down from Brozovic
04:18Mane scampering after it
04:22good play Brozovic whips it in
04:26hit first time and in Sadio Mane
04:29Hazan Nasser up and running in Hong Kong
04:33interesting through all the pre-match talk of Ronaldo and Karim Benzema
04:47we've got players with the quality of Sadio Mane on the pitch as well we shouldn't forget that
04:51the Senegalese superstar still doing it as Ronaldo takes the return from Brozovic
04:58that was pretty optimistic
05:00well you can see what he's doing though
05:02knowing Cristiano Ronaldo having played against him
05:04he pounces on any weakness
05:06so he has seen that mistake from the goalkeeper
05:08he knows that the goalkeeper's confidence at the moment isn't where it should be
05:11he knows he's quite shaky
05:13a little over a quarter of an hour played
05:15couple of goals already
05:16Stephen Bergwijn starting off the current season
05:20where the last one ended
05:22as Ronaldo takes it up to the box
05:24gets the crowd off their feet
05:26and finally the flag goes up
05:29the flag that we were waiting to see for several seconds
05:32the assistant over on the far side
05:34you could watch him running
05:34he almost had the flag half raised
05:36and he's right down beneath
05:37as you can see clearly that Cristiano Ronaldo hadn't timed his run
05:41the ball was maybe played through slightly later than he wanted it
05:44but he was offside and it's very frustrating
05:47a good ball that is to Mane
05:49it was away from Fabinho
05:50his former Liverpool team mate
05:52support from Hyman Yaya
05:54Jean-Felix is up there
05:55it's in towards Ronaldo
05:57and then at the far post
05:59Koeman
05:59well
06:01it was the prodigious leap that we're so used to
06:06he wants a push
06:06he wants a push
06:07he hung in the air as long as he could
06:09but in the end it landed for Koeman
06:12he's asking the referee from that little nudge from Maitai
06:14just as Ronaldo leaves the ground
06:16doesn't take a lot to put you off balance when you leave
06:20and on the IR sending it through
06:26collected by Mane
06:28held up by the very combative figure of Danilo
06:33who claims that his goalkeeper was fouled
06:35by Mane
06:38taking a straight boot there
06:45Alshankiti
06:46I think Mane
06:47and Zest to get to the ball
06:49may have just left the boot with the referee
06:51it's a wonderful ball over the top
06:53just appeals for a handball there
06:56Mane and Danilo
06:57Mane just tries to get in between the both
07:02doesn't he's a big strong unit Danilo
07:04wanting his goalkeeper to come out
07:06the goalkeeper comes out
07:07oh you could see that
07:08he does tread on the goalkeeper
07:10he does
07:11he gets him doesn't he
07:12he does
07:12that is a painful one
07:14how intentional
07:14I'm not sure
07:15the contact was there
07:17Danilo reacting instantly
07:24it's 11 gains in the Champions League among them
07:31great signing
07:32Brozovic
07:33looking for Ronaldo
07:35and Alshankiti swiftly across
07:38he gets a little bump
07:40in the process
07:42situations like this when they get corners
07:45throw-ins
07:46free kicks
07:46in the attacking third
07:47there may be few and far between
07:49with 10 men
07:50the delivery has to be good
07:51that was the nudge
07:53I think they would be grateful for
07:54you can
07:55just see
07:56soaked in perspiration
08:00and a chance perhaps now for
08:03Benzema still firing on all cylinders
08:1121 goals in the league
08:12in 29 appearances
08:13last season
08:15free kick
08:20conceded by
08:21Mohanad
08:22Shankiti
08:22such an intelligent player
08:24Ronaldo
08:25understands the game
08:26the situation that his team are in
08:27he's up there on his own now
08:29the slightest of touch
08:30as he goes to ground
08:31gets his team a free kick
08:33they've got themselves back in the game
08:36and since they're sending off
08:37they've certainly
08:37dominated the possession
08:38here's Kermit
08:41showing us the sort of
08:43football is capable of
08:45into Ronaldo
08:46now Shankiti
08:50able to block
08:50look really promising for Al Nassau
08:55there for a moment
08:56Mithai
08:58Fabinho
08:59now Ronaldo
09:07now the crowd get excited
09:09as he blasts it into Danilo
09:11Brozovic
09:15Ayman Yaya
09:17Al Nassau
09:18this is the early one from Cristiano Ronaldo
09:20the goalkeeper
09:21Al Shankiti
09:22makes a decision
09:23and commits himself
09:24and Kyber he finds
09:27Shao Felix
09:28delightful play
09:30stumble from Ronaldo
09:31Ronaldo
09:40Ante
09:42rotossa with Mohamed Simakan
09:45who is
09:46noticeably
09:48different in size
09:50and here comes Ronaldo
09:51into Shao Felix
09:53and suddenly
09:54Etihad are forced
09:56to scatter back
09:56and Fabinho
09:57makes a challenge
09:58that makes sure
09:59that the attack
10:00can go on no further
10:01it would be like
10:02if he was to score
10:02this evening
10:03are we about to find out
10:06a familiar pose
10:08the picture of concentration
10:0910 men of Al Nassau
10:17with a clear shooting chance
10:20now
10:21it's Cristiano Ronaldo
10:23who fires it
10:24fizzes over the top
10:26of the bar
10:27just couldn't get the dip
10:29that he wanted
10:29only could he
10:30Cristiano Ronaldo
10:30he's watching him
10:32in the warm-up
10:32before the game
10:33and that's part of
10:34his warm-up routine
10:35taking three kicks
10:36from around the edge
10:37of the box
10:37he prefers to win
10:39the slightly further away
10:40so he can get that whip
10:41dip on the knuckleball
10:42just couldn't quite
10:44get that one
10:45under the crossbar
10:45good strike
10:47good connection
10:47but he
10:48and most of us
10:49in the stadium
10:50are frustrated
10:50be in the 16th
10:51but then Cristiano Ronaldo
10:53and his teammates
10:53found themselves
10:54down to 10
10:55but
10:56Ronaldo
10:58the man who
10:59virtually everybody
11:00in the stadium
11:01has come to see
11:02minute of the game
11:04so Cristiano Ronaldo
11:05taking to the field
11:06for the second half
11:07he and his teammates
11:08down to 10
11:09for what remains
11:11of the evening
11:12but Paul Robinson
11:13more than holding
11:15their own with 10
11:16for about 20 minutes
11:17there
11:17I thought very structured
11:19and organised
11:20under George Jesus
11:21the drinks break
11:22the cooling break
11:23came just at the
11:24right time for him
11:25as they went down
11:25to 10 men
11:26he was able to give
11:27his team instructions
11:28what you wouldn't
11:29necessarily be able
11:30to get on across
11:30the touchline
11:31while the game
11:32was in play
11:33brought his team in
11:34Rio Brazilian goalkeeper
11:36doesn't look like
11:40we're going to have
11:40any changes
11:41made by either side
11:43at the start
11:43of the second half
11:44it's as you were
11:45and it is
11:49Al Nasser
11:49in the yellow shirts
11:50who will get
11:50Al Buschel
11:54here's Ronaldo
11:57trying to give
11:58the crowd a
11:59see a lot of players
12:13do it don't we
12:25when they feel
12:26they've been fouled
12:27just stop
12:27and look at the referee
12:28somebody with
12:30Ronaldo's stature
12:31and reputation
12:32hard for referees
12:34not to give it
12:35when he stands there
12:35and looks at him
12:35in the middle of the
12:36pitch and says
12:36that's a free kick
12:37here comes
12:43he's away from
12:45Mitai this time
12:45Kingsley
12:46Koeman
12:47trying to set it up
12:48for Cristiano
12:52Ronaldo
12:52who can't
12:55turn it home
12:55they've switched
12:56up
12:56Ality
12:56had really good
12:58quick thinking
12:58from the fullback
12:59Al Buschel
12:59quick throwing in
13:01behind
13:01zips off
13:01this wet slip
13:02not very inclined
13:03to throw it back
13:04at the moment
13:04well who touches
13:05it last look
13:06yeah
13:07there you go
13:07Cristiano Ronaldo
13:08that one's not
13:09going in his museum
13:10that's going on
13:10some boy's bedroom wall
13:11a collector's item
13:17in itself
13:18Ronaldo
13:18lost one game
13:19to Almeria
13:20and Portugal
13:21the 1-1
13:224-0
13:23and they're on the
13:24attack again
13:25as Ronaldo
13:26tries to chase it
13:27down
13:27but Danilo
13:28had the head start
13:29with that man
13:29Cristiano Ronaldo
13:31who's in on goal
13:32here
13:32and tees it up
13:33unselfish from
13:34Cristiano Ronaldo
13:35into Felix
13:36he's definitely not
13:37off
13:37it's a goal
13:39it's 2-1
13:41to the 10 men
13:42of Al Nasser
13:43a very unselfish
13:45play from Ronaldo
13:46takes the goalkeeper
13:47out of the equation
13:48gives it
13:49sets up
13:50for Felix
13:51he won't score
13:52many easier than that
13:53getting the job done
13:53and getting the ball
13:54in the back of the net
13:55and just look at that
13:57and the goal
13:58he's not
14:01to that goal
14:01and it is that challenge there by
14:17Cristiano Ronaldo
14:19and they need to
14:20deter Felix
14:21who
14:21thought he'd scored
14:23the
14:24including their
14:28their new star man
14:29Matteo Rottegi
14:31the Italian international
14:32talking of star men
14:33here goes
14:34Jean-Felix
14:34he's absolutely on fire
14:35here
14:35down he goes
14:36under pressure
14:37Benfica
14:38Chelsea
14:38Barcelona
14:39AC Milan
14:40it's an incredible CV
14:42he gets to play
14:43alongside his fellow
14:44countryman
14:44but never really
14:45fitted in
14:46when he should have done
14:48no
14:48never really settled
14:49not in the way
14:49that you might have expected
14:50given the talent
14:51that he clearly has
14:52and you see
14:52he's playing with a freedom
14:54in this team
14:55this is his goal
14:5914 draws
15:01and only 10 defeat
15:02in his tenure
15:03as head coach
15:04in towards Cristiano
15:06Ronaldo
15:06Mithai's not
15:10giving him an inch
15:11yep
15:15really has
15:15there's a lot of
15:16tired
15:16El Nasser legs
15:17out there
15:17having to work
15:18very hard
15:18with only 10 men
15:19and those two
15:20Hogan midfielders
15:21have anchored it
15:22very well
15:22Rozovic
15:23and Alcabari
15:23Cristiano Ronaldo's
15:26work for the night
15:27is done
15:27affording the crowd
15:29the opportunity
15:30to cheer him
15:32from the field of play
15:33ladies and gentlemen
15:35there's a lot
15:37of
15:38seven
15:39minutes
15:39of
15:40seven
15:41minutes
15:41of
15:42added
15:43time
15:44seven
15:48minutes
15:53of
15:54added
15:54time
15:54a minimum
15:55of
15:55now
15:57Nasser
15:57not quite
15:57over the line
15:58in this match
15:59but
15:59there are a lot
16:01of people inside
16:02the stadium
16:02I have to say
16:03it would be
16:04delighted
16:04were they
16:06to win this match
16:07just a minor delay
16:14because of the
16:14kerfuffle that's
16:15around
16:16and it is an excellent
16:18victory for
16:19Cristiano Ronaldo's
16:21Al Masser team
16:22against the odds
16:23really
16:23having taken the lead
16:25early in the match
16:26through
16:26Sadio Mane
16:27been pegged back
16:28by Steven Bergman
16:29soon afterwards
16:30and then
16:31down to 10
16:32Mane shown a
16:33straight red
16:34after 25 minutes
16:36so up again
16:37his captain
16:37to tap home
16:38what turned out
16:39to be the winner
16:39after an hour
16:41Al Nasser
16:42will stay here
16:43in Hong Kong
16:44take advantage
16:45of the
16:46advantage of
16:47having the
16:47extra man
16:48they didn't
16:50really put
16:50Al Nasser
16:51under much
16:51pressure
16:52they didn't
16:52really play
16:53with great
16:53urgency
16:54and dynamism
16:55and in the
16:56end it
16:57cost them
16:57tenacity
16:58go
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