Rolando Scores Al Nassr Equalizer Goal ,Talisca Sent Off.
Table toppers Al Nassr FC drew 2-2 against Al Fateh in the 15th round match of the Saudi Pro League at the Prince Abdullah City Sports Stadium.
At the beginning of the match, Al Nassr started to dominate under Ronaldo‘s leadership, but Al Fateh scored the first goal.
Spanish winger Cristian Tello‘s superb volley from outside the D-box slotted the ball into the bottom right corner of the post and Al Fateh took a 1-0 lead after just 12 minutes.
After that, Al Nassr attacked one after the other and they equalized with Brazilian striker Anderson Talisca‘s goal 3 minutes before the end of the 1st half.
Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo had several chances in the first half. His first attempt was ruled out for offside but his second attempt was deflected off the crossbar.
At the beginning of the 2nd half, Al Nassr’s team was busy stopping Al Fateh’s attack. Sofiane Bendebka scored a goal from Sadeni’s cross in the 58th minute of the match and gave Al Fateh the lead.
Al Nassr continued to attack from 2-1 behind but could not score.Suddenly in the extra time, Al Nassr fouled one of Al Nassr’s players and Al Fateh’s defender got a penalty.
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal of the Saudi Pro League from the penalty spot in the 90+3 minutes of the match and they earned 1 point by drawing 2-2. In the 96th match of the match, Pro League top scorer Talisker left the field after seeing a red card.
In Saudi Pro League 2023 points table, Rudy Garcia’s followers are at the top with 34 points after playing 1 match less than Al Shabab. Al Nassr will play their 16th match against Al Wedah next February 9.