Al Hilal SFC imposed a fatal draw on its rival, Al Nassr FC, with a score of 1-1, in the exciting Riyadh derby in the 32nd round of the Saudi Roshen League, postponing the title decision to the last round and igniting the conflict until the last moments of the season.
Al-Nasr entered the match with a clear offensive advantage from the first minutes, as it threatened Al-Hilal’s goal early through several dangerous attempts, most notably in the 11th minute when Kingsley Coman sent a cross. towards Cristiano Ronaldo, but the defense intervened at the right time and eliminated the danger.
Al-Alamy continued its offensive pressure, before Sadio Mané created a dangerous opportunity in the 16th minute after a special pass to João Félix, who fired a powerful shot that Rúben Neves brilliantly deflected into a corner kick.
On the other hand, Al-Hilal believed that it had succeeded in opening the scoring in the 20th minute through Karim Benzema, but the referee disallowed the goal after returning to the technique. The video was due to offside.
Al-Nasr finally succeeded in translating its advantage into the lead goal in the 36th minute, after Mohammed Simakan took advantage of a perfect cross and put the ball into the net, igniting the stands of “Awal Park” with great celebration.
Koeman almost doubled the score before the end of the first half, after he was alone with the goalkeeper in stoppage time, but he shot the ball against the post in a strange way, ending the first half with Nasraoui leading by one goal without A response.
In the second half, Al Hilal returned in a different way, as it intensified its offensive attempts in search of an equalizer, succeeding in returning the match to the starting point with a goal that brought excitement back to the top and confused the opponent’s calculations.
The last minutes witnessed great tension on the field, with the exchange of strong tackles and yellow cards, most notably for Ali Al Hassan from Al Nasr, and Sergej Milinković-Savić and Hassan Tambakti from Al-Hilal.
With this result, Al-Nasr raised its score to 83 points at the top of the Saudi Roshan League standings, compared to 78 points for Al-Hilal in second place, so that the battle to decide the title was officially postponed to the final round in a fiery and exciting scenario.