Al Nassr vs Benfica Highlights: Benfica registered a comfortable 1-4 win over Al-Nassr in their friendly match. Di Maria opened the scoring in 23rd minute. The one goal lead turned into a 3-goal lead thanks to a brace from Gonacalo Ramos.
Although Khalid Al Ghannam pulled one back for Luis Castro’s men, it was all for naught as the European side aggravated their predicament with a fourth goal from Schjelderup, securing a well-deserved victory.
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The reunion of Angel Di Maria and Ronaldo on the pitch was undeniably unforgettable, with Di Maria’s brilliance stealing the show and pushing Benfica to victory.
But other thing that captured the mind and hearts of people was when Angel Di Maria made Ronaldo dance to his tune by wrong-stepping the Portuguese legend.
The 4-1 setback is the second in three days for the 2022-23 Saudi Pro League runners-up, following their previous loss against Celta Vigo of the Spanish La Liga.
On July 25, Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr colleagues will face a difficult test against Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
Al Nassr Xi:
Nawaf Al-Aqidi; Sultan Al-Ghanam, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Alvaro Gonzalez Soberon, Ali Lawgami; Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Marcelo Brozović, Sami Al-Naji; Ayman Yahya, Cristiano Ronaldo, Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
Benfica XI:
Odysseas Vlachodimos; Alexander Bah, António Silva, Morato, David Jurásek; Florentino Luís, Orkun Kökçü; João Mário, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva; Gonçalo Ramos.
The Saudi club, along with Benfica and Celta de Vigo, is participating in the Algarve Trophy. They were defeated 5-0 by the Celtics. After being ousted in the Champions Cup semifinals by Al-Wahda (0-1) the club celebrated two friendly matches under the direction of Lus Castro.
Both games were won by Alverca (2-0) and Farense (5-1), despite the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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