Summit of “Friends”, Ronaldo and Benzema.. Al-Ittihad defeats Al-Nasr

And he scored Birkhafen The winning goal in the first minute of stoppage time, after his fellow French striker Karim Benzema He opened the scoring (55), and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of Al-Nasr, replied with a quick equalizer (57).

Al-Ittihad lifted their first-placed tally to 36 points, 5 points ahead of defending champions Al-Hilal, who host Al-Raed on Saturday. While Al-Nasr’s tally froze at 25 points and fell to fourth place after Al-Qadisiya’s 3-0 win over hosts Al-Khuloud earlier.

At the Radiant Jewel Stadium in Jeddah, in front of 55,120 thousand spectators, Benzema reached 10 goals, the runner-up in the table, equal to Ronaldo, and two goals behind the Serbian striker Al Hilal Aleksandar Mitrović, who is the first in the table with 12 goals.

In the second half, Benzema opened the scoring after Mohannad Al-Shankeeti’s cross was met by the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner with a powerful shot past the Brazilian goalkeeper (55).

Ronaldo retaliated two minutes later after a cross from Brazilian Angel Gabriel, and then the Portuguese with a strong shot into the net of Serbian goalkeeper Bridge Rajkovic (57).

Bergven brought victory to the home team with a wonderful individual effort, as he dribbled past several players and shot the ball into the net (90+1).