Cristiano Ronaldo may not have joined the right club in Saudi Arabia since, since his arrival in Al-Nassr after the 2022 World Cup, he has still not been crowned champion. Al-Ittihad was twice (2023 and 2025) and al-Hilal once (2004). Saudi football, it has largely benefited from the arrival of the fivefold Ballon d'Or in its kingdom and even offers the right to export its Super Cup in another country, like the Liga and Serie A with their supercup in Saudi land …
The Saudi Super Cup 2025 will be disputed in the form of a Final Four from August 19 to 23, just before the resumption of the championship, on the side of Hong Kong. The opportunity for “CR7” to afford a new collective trophy this year after its coronation in the League of Nations at the expense of Spain (2-2, TAB: 5-3), on June 8 in Munich.
It is therefore at the other end of the Asian continent, in the emblematic special region of China, that Ronaldo will try to offer his 37th collective title. The five -time winner of the Champions League has already won two club World Cups in Japan, in 2008 with Manchester United and in 2016 with Real Madrid.
Ronaldo against Benzema of Entreé!
No luck for Al-Nassr, the draw offered him a semi-final against the reigning champion, the Al-Ittihad team led by Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kanté, Houssem Aouar and Moussa Diaby and led by Laurent Blanc. See you on Tuesday, August 19, in two weeks, in Hong Kong Stadium. For a final the following Saturday.
On Wednesday 20, the second half will put Al-Ahli, the team of Édouard Mendy and Riyad Mahrez, in Al-Qadsiah, unhappy finalist of the last Saudi Arabian Cup. Al-Ahli takes advantage of the Al-Hilal package, which has given up this outsourcing supercup in Hong Kong because of its participation in the Club World Cup in the United States. Al-Qadsiah has as a coach Michel, author of a catastrophic passage to OM in 2015. Mateo Retagui joined this team.
