Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 04:40:43 AM

Quote from: slapper on August 28, 2025, 08:19:08 PM

You are right that the attack has been working its way. Ronaldo continues to score (100th club goal + scoring in the shootout). Félix and Coman brought in $64.65m worth of creativity. But, Al Nassr conceded in the 45+6' and 89'... literally the "championship minutes" where elite teams lock down games. Jorge Jesus kept pressing high with 30+ year-old CBs (Martínez 34, Laporte 31) and then subbed like-for-like at 78' and 86' instead of bringing on a DM/3rd CB to close the 82' lead. Then, corner, Bento comes out and flaps, 2–2

People forget: they spent big on the attack, while the only "reinforcement" in defense was Martínez on a free. Meanwhile, Al Hilal dropped €25m on defenders and look how balanced they look. So there is nothing wrong with applauding Jesus, but unless they lower the line or shuffle the squad (and maybe push youth like Salem Al-Najdi, 22, into the rotation), they will continue to perform this movie: sterile possession, even xG/shot (0.143 vs 0.144) and lapses that cost trophies

Al Nassr brought in new players such as João Félix and Kingsley Coman, and dropped some of the other players. Given this, we can expect that it will take some time to get to a proper team bonding. But overall, leading on two different occasions, and then allowing the opponents to equalize and then lose the match altogether in the penalty shootout was heart-breaking for Al Nassr. It was a good opportunity for Ronaldo to win a trophy for his club, but in the end it never happened.

It was truly a heart-breaking moment for Al Nassr fans and particularly Cristiano Ronaldo who inspite of all his efforts to win his first ever trophy for Al Nassr was ended up becoming unproductive . At first Al Nassr was leading in terms of goal,ball possessions and passes but still they couldn't defend their positions against Al-Ahli that succeeded in penetrating Al Nassr defense to equalize the game. That mistake of allowing Al-Ahli to equalize the game was what robbed Cristiano Ronaldo of his victory and celebration of winning his first trophy for Al Nassr. Well It is not yet over for Cristiano Ronaldo who hasn't given up on his quest to win his first trophy in the Saudi league.