Pitso Mosimane, the former coach of Al-Ahly Club, and the current coach of the Abha team, suffered the biggest defeat in his coaching career, after losing to the Al-Nasr team by eight clean goals, during the match that brought the two teams together on Tuesday evening at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium, within the 26th round of the tournament. Saudi Professional League competition.
The loss was the biggest in Mosimane’s career before the defeat on Tuesday evening by the South African team, Royal, by five clean goals, when he was coach of Sun Downs.
Abha vs. Al-Nasr
Al-Alamy ended the first half with a 5-0 lead, as veteran Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored 3 hat-tricks in the 11th, 21st and 42nd minutes, while Sadio Mane scored a goal in the 33rd minute and Abdel Majeed Al-Sulahim scored in the 44th minute.
In the second half, Abdul Rahman Gharib added the sixth goal, then substitute Abdul Aziz Al Aliwa scored a brace in the 63rd and 86th minutes of the match.
Al-Nasr’s formation was as follows: Goalkeeper: Ospina – Defense line: Alex Telles, Aymeric Laporte, Mohamed Fateel, Nawaf Bouchal – Midfield: Sami Al-Naji, Al-Sulahim, Otavio – Offensive line: Sadio Mane, Abdel Rahman Gharib, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Saudi league standings
With this result, Al-Nasr occupies second place in the Saudi Professional League table with 62 points, while Abha is in 17th place with 22 points. The first round match between Al-Nasr and Abha ended in a positive draw with two goals for each team.
Al-Nasr captain Cristiano Ronaldo is taking steady steps towards imposing his dominance over the title of top scorer in the Saudi League in its current version, after raising his tally after the Al-Tai match to 29 goals.
It is worth noting that Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will not be able to win the AFC Champions League title with Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia this season, after his team bid farewell to the tournament in the quarter-finals against Al-Ain, UAE.