Al-Nassr and Al-Qadisiyah have been competing in the ranking of the Saudi Pro League, last qualifying place for the AFC Champions League for two months.
Al-Qadsiyah began the force meeting at the Prince Saud Bin Jalawi stadium, managing to contain the progress of Al-Nassr despite the possession of the Faris Najd ball. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang created the first big opportunity of the match: a powerful 30-meter strike shortly missed the frame, before Turki al-Ammar and Mohammed Abu al-Shamat forced Bento to make two stops. However, the premises quickly opened the scoring, amply deserved: Aubameyang's shooting was rejected by the Portuguese goalkeeper of Al-Nassr, before Al-Ammar marks on the rebound, giving the advantage to Al-Qadsiyah in the first period.
Al-Nassr finally seemed to grow after the start of the second period. However, Michel's team has shown a solid defense and barely left Cristiano Ronaldo and Jhon Duran to put goalkeeper Koen Casteels in difficulty.
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Duran had two opportunities to score but he failed to find the right pace on the two attempts and stopped attacks that seemed promising. Despite the defensive solidity of Michel's team, Al-Nassr found the ideal opportunity to equalize thanks to Sadio Mané, who recovered an Otavio balloon to equalize. However, a new twist occurred: Aubameyang scored in the 86th minute, reducing the two -point gap with Nassr.
Al-Qadsiyah has created the surprise this season in Saudi Pro League, being the only SPL team to seem promising despite the lack of support from the Saudi public investment fund (PIF). However, the team made judicious recruitments, in particular with the appointment of the former Real Madrid player, Michel, as principal coach. The Spanish team has produced exceptional football this season, and that's exactly what it has faced with Al-Nassr: excellent game management, conceding only goals at the end of the match thanks to the superb Otavio pass and the perfect Touch of Mané.
The gap between Al-Qadsiyah, Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli is now reduced to two points for the last qualifying place for the AFC Champions League, and there are six days before the end of the season. Al-Nassr will be back on the ground against Damac on Tuesday April 22.
