In a thrilling football spectacle in the seventh round of the Roshen League, Al-Nasr and Al-Shabab delivered a match to remember.
Al-Nasr emerged victorious with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Al-Shabab. The game saw its first breakthrough in the 69th minute when Al-Nasr’s Aymeric Laporte unleashed a powerful shot to put his team ahead. Al-Shabab, relentless in their pursuit, found the equalizer in the 89th minute thanks to Ali Sadiq Al Hassan.
Sadio Mane appeared to have restored Al-Nasr’s lead in the 82nd minute, but his goal was ruled out for offside after a VAR review.
The drama escalated in stoppage time when Al-Nasr was awarded a penalty in the fourth minute of added time. The Portuguese legend confidently converted, restoring Al-Nasr’s lead. The chaos didn’t end there. In the 12th minute of added time, Al-Shabab had a golden opportunity to level the score with a penalty, but their captain Hamdallah missed, following a foul by Al-Nasr’s Mohamed Simakan, who was also sent off.
With this victory, Al-Nasr climbed to second place in the league with 17 points, while Al-Shabab settled in fourth with 14 points.