Shelvey, Diriyah player: The Al-Nasr hat-trick does not reflect the reality of the match

Al Hilal Club announced that Salem Al Dosari, the team leader, suffered a foot joint injury, making him absent from participating in the training session, after being in the medical clinic.

This injury will prevent Al-Dosari from participating in his team’s upcoming match against Al-Ittihad on Saturday, just one week after he participated in group training, after recovering from his injury to the patellar tendon in the right knee.

On the other hand, Serbian Serge Savic participated in the first part of his team’s group training on Friday evening, before completing his qualifying programme, while the French duo Theo Hernandez and Ali Lagami participated in the group training, after they had completed their qualifying programmes, and the matter of their participation in the team’s match against Al-Ittihad was in the hands of Italian Simone Inzaghi, Al-Zaeem’s coach.

Al-Nasr, led by its Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, recorded a strong return after the international break, with its deserved victory over Al-Diriyah by three, in the match that brought them together at Al-Awal Park Stadium, in the eighth round of the Saudi Professional League.

Al-Nasr raised its score to 19 points in runner-up, equal to Al-Qadisiyah, which is the “temporarily” leader, while Al-Diriyah remained on its previous score of 11 points in ninth place.

Captain Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, Samu Costa added the second goal in the 35th minute, and Koeman in the 77th minute.

Ronaldo reached goal No. 980 in his football career, making him 20 goals away from reaching 1,000 goals in his career.

Ronaldo's 980th goal in his career came amid great tension between him and Jesus, the coach of the Portuguese national team, which resulted in the player's departure from his country's national team camp during the recent international break. This prompted the Nasraouans to raise a giant banner in celebration of the Portuguese star, while thousands of fans raised pictures and slogans of the player, who exchanged greetings with his fans and celebrated with them immediately after the end of the match.

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo scored Al-Nasr's goal against Al-Diriyah, after he followed a shot from his teammate Koeman that was blocked by goalkeeper Walid Abdullah, and the Portuguese star put it into the net.

Ronaldo reached goal No. 980 in his football career, making him 20 goals away from reaching 1,000 goals in his career.

Ronaldo's 980th goal in his career came amid great tension between him and Jesus, the coach of the Portuguese national team, which resulted in the player leaving his country's national team camp during the recent international break.

Press reports had confirmed that Ronaldo would be subject to a suspension penalty by the Portuguese Federation for a period ranging from one month to six months.