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Croatian Lovro Shelvi, the Diriyah player, confirmed that his team's loss to Al-Nasr does not reflect the course of the confrontation, noting that they had opportunities to score, but did not succeed in exploiting them.

Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Shelvi said: I think it was a good match, and frankly, the score of 3-0 does not reflect what happened on the field, and Al-Nasr is a good team.

Regarding the difficulty of the confrontation, he said: It was a difficult match, but we had some opportunities that we did not succeed in exploiting. We have to benefit from this match and develop, and when we face Al-Nasr again, we must appear better.

Shelvey sent a message to the Diriyah fans, saying: I ask them to trust us and continue to support us in every match, and they will see the team’s development and improvement.

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.