Ronaldo, who is 39 years old this season, still maintains a very good competitive state, and once let fans see the hope of him leading the team to win the league championship, but unfortunately Riyadh Victory encountered the invincible Riyadh Crescent, the latter in the case of Neymar and Mitrovic are absent due to injury, still defeated Saihat Bay away in the last round of the league, extending their winning streak to 32 games, leading the second-place Riyadh victory in the league as many as 12 points, in the case of little hope of the league championship, the Saudi Super Cup has become the most important goal of Riyadh victory, this match day, the Saudi Super Cup semifinals kicked off, Riyadh Crescent sat at home to face Riyadh Victory, who of these two giants can smile at the same city derby and advance to the final, it has become a topic of concern for fans! Although Riyadh Victory took the lead in scoring in this game, it was canceled because of Ronaldo's offside, and Dosari and Malcolm made contributions in the second half to help Riyadh Crescent win 2-1 and advance to the final of the Saudi Super Cup!
The two giants of this campaign sent their main players to play, and the Riyadh Crescent who played at home sent Dosari, Malcolm, Neves, Milinkovic, Koulibaly and Bounou and other main forces, and Riyadh did not have the slightest reservation in terms of victory, Ronaldo, Mane, Otavio, Brozovic and Laporte Several star players played together, which shows the importance of both sides to this peak duel.
With the referee's whistle, the two teams that were bound to win started hand-to-hand combat on the field, and in the 17th minute, Riyadh won the away battle, taking the lead in creating a killing opportunity, Brozovic sent a high-quality long pass, Ma Nei understood that he would step forward for the first time, and gave the ball to Ronaldo who followed up in the middle, but unfortunately the president's single chance was not grasped and was saved by Bounou.
In the 22nd minute, Riyadh triumphantly made a comeback, Brozovic sent a through plug from the left, Ronaldo took the opportunity to enter the penalty area, but unfortunately his low shot still could not break through Bounou's ten fingers, 2 minutes later, Mane ran with the ball on the right, but was ruined by Koulibaly's precise tackle.
Before the end of the half, Riyadh Victory finally broke the balance on the field, Mane crossed from the right, Ronaldo who was outflanked in front of the goal did not touch the ball, and Otavio at the back point made a contribution, but the referee signaled Ronaldo in an offside position, interfered with the goalkeeper, canceled the goal, and the two sides could only return to the dressing room with a score of 0-0.
Soon after the resumption of the game, Riyadh Crescent created a very dangerous attack, Hamdan was given a close-range header after receiving a cross from the wing, but unfortunately he couldn't hold it down and the ball flew over the crossbar, missing the perfect opportunity to break the deadlock.
However, in the 62nd minute, Riyadh Crescent still took the lead in scoring, Milinkovic sent a through plug in the counterattack, and Dosari made a low shot with a half-single chance to help the team tear open the goal of Riyadh Victory, and took a 1-0 lead, and the morale-boosting Crescent scored again in the 72nd minute, Malcolm's header fixed the score to 2-0, completely ending the suspense of the victory!
At the last moment of the game, Ronaldo was directly red carded by the referee for elbowing the opponent, and then Mane pulled back a goal, but he was powerless to change the outcome of the 1-2 loss.