In the early matches of round 23, Al-Nassr had a humiliating 1-3 defeat against Al-Raed on Ronaldo’s return.

At the end of the previous round, Al-Nassr almost said goodbye to the 2024 Saudi Pro League championship when they were held to a 4-4 draw against Al-Hazem. But by dawn this morning, coach Luis Castro’s team had to officially extinguish all hope when they lost 1-3 to Al-Raed.

On the day Cristiano Ronaldo returned to play in the National Championship due to suspension, the Portuguese superstar played hard but still could not help Al-Nassr avoid disaster right at home.

Going into the match, Al-Nassr was rated higher, with home field advantage, but a surprise happened when Al-Raed opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Taking the lead, Al Nassr pushed the team higher in search of an equalizer. and the results will soon come.

In the 24th minute, taking advantage of Ronaldo’s rebound, Yahya kicked the ball into goalkeeper Moreira’s net.

Ronaldo’s return still could not help Al-Nassr win in round 23.

After the break, Al-Nassr was still the proactive team but the away team once again took the lead in the 46th minute.

Thereby, Ronaldo and his teammates became even more determined to find a goal to equalize the score. However, a stunning long-range shot by Sayoud from close to the 16.50m box helped Al-Raed seal the victory with a difference of 2 goals in the 87th minute.

In the end, Al-Nassr lost 1-3 when the tournament only had 7 rounds left. Now Al-Nassr only has 53 points, a difference of 9 points despite playing 1 more match than Al-Hilal, causing Ronaldo and his teammates to say goodbye to the championship.

With a third consecutive match in all competitions failing to win in less than a week, Al-Nassr are now in crisis… At dawn on Tuesday (March 12), they will have to find a way Come back against Al-Ain if you want to reach the AFC Champions League semi-finals (lost 0-1 first leg).