Full Time
Al Nassr wins Arab Cup. They beat Al Hilal 2-1 in extra time!
Handball?
Al Hilal players are pleading for a handball inside the box. The referee says play-on. It was a handball!
Cristiano Ronaldo injured
He goes down and has been stretched off. He has done his job. Ali Alhassan comes in as his substitute.
Saud hits just wide
A brilliant shot from Saud from 30-yards but it went just wide.
Second half of extra time begins
Extra Time Half Time
Al Hilal fails to convert two corners
Alaqidi saved a shot that came from corner which led to another corner but no success for Al Hilal.
Gooooal
Cristiano Ronaldo SCORES AGAIN!! What a night for him! He heads in the ball in rebound and puts Nassr in lead.
What a save!
Ronaldo gets shot at the target but Al Bulayahi’s super save inside the box denies a winner for Al Nassr.
Substitution for Al Hilal
OUT: Michael
IN: Abdullah Al Hamdan
Substitution for Al Nassr
IN: Abdulrahman Ghareeb
OUT: Talisca
Extra Time begins
Full Time
We are going to extra time!
Header off target
Ruben Neves crosses inside to Savic but the Serbian header is off-target.
5 minutes added to stoppage time
Substitution for Al Hilal
OUT: Y. Al Shahrani, Koulibaly
IN: Mohamed Alburayh, Mohamed Jahfali
Substitution for Al Nassr
OUT: A. Al Lajami, A. Al Khaibari
IN: Mohamed Al Fatil, Ghislain Konan
Red Card for Nawaf Boushal
Nawaf Boushal gets a RED CARD off the bench.
GOAAL
Cristiano Ronaldo SCORES!! Cometh the hour, Cometh the man! Brilliant run by Al Ghanam who provides low cross to Ronaldo and CR7 does the rest.
Red card for Alamri
Big blow for Al Nassr as Amri gets red card for tackle on Malcolm.
Al Hilal vs Al Nassr live streaming: Cristiano Ronaldo’s brace led 10-man Al Nassr to Arab Club Champions Cup title. They defeated Al Hilal 2-1 in extra time to secure their first silverware of the season. Ronaldo scored in 74th and 97th minute to power Al Nassr to win. Michael was the goalscorer for Al Hilal in 51st minute. Both teams created many chances but failed to create into a goal. Notably, Ronaldo’s are coming into the final after defeating Al Shorta 1-0 in the semifinal. Meanwhile, Al Hilal overcame Al Shabab 3-1 to seal its place in the final.
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Ronaldo failed to land a trophy last season after his move to Al-Nassr, who finished runners-up in the Saudi Pro League, but the 38-year-old scored six times in the tournament to finish as its top scorer en route to the title.
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After playing more than 60 minutes with 10 men,
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The tournament is played by top Arab clubs in the region and included teams from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
The star-studded Al-Nassr side had many chances to score in the first half with new close season signings Sadio Mane, Seko Fofana and Marcelo Brozovic all denied by goalkeeper Mohammed Alowais.
The game remained scoreless until six minutes into the second half when Al-Hilal’s Malcom crossed the ball and found fellow Brazilian Michael, who put his side ahead with a free header.
To rub salt into their wounds, the 27-year-old even produced the Ronaldo goal celebration as he ran to the corner flag and leapt into the air.
That seemed to fire up Ronaldo and the Portugal captain equalised in the 74th minute when he got on the end of a low cross from right back Sultan Al-Ghannam to score for a fifth game in a row.
Al-Nassr also saw two players sent off in the second half seven minutes apart with defender Abdulelah Al-Amri and substitute Nawaf Boushal getting their marching orders, but they held on to take the game to extra time.
Ronaldo then doubled the lead in the first half of extra time when he pounced on a rebound off the crossbar and headed home with the goalkeeper off his line.
There were concerns, however, when Ronaldo was carted off the field with an apparent injury after a collision in the second period of extra time — just two days before their Saudi Pro League opener against Al-Ettifaq.
*Inputs from Reuters
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