At 2 a.m. Beijing time on June 1, the final of the 2023-24 Saudi King's Cup was held between Riyadh Victory and Riyadh Crescent. In the first half, Mitrovic scored a lightning goal to help Riyadh Crescent take the lead, in the second half, Ronaldo hit the post with an offside barb, Riyadh Victory goalkeeper Ospina was sent off, Yahya scored before the end of the game to help Riyadh Victory equalize, Riyadh Crescent defenders Blashi and Koulibaly were also sent off with red cards. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw within 90 minutes.
Both sides were scoreless in extra-time, with Riyadh victorious Alex Telles, Hassan and Nemel missing penalties in the shoot-out. In the end, after seven rounds of penalty shootouts, Riyadh Crescent defeated Riyadh Victory with an aggregate score of 6-5 to win the Saudi King's Cup this season, and won three trophies in the league, cup and Super Cup this season, while Ronaldo's Riyadh Victory missed the cup again after losing the league title.
In the 7th minute, Malcolm crossed the ball from the right side of the front field at 45 degrees, and Mitrovic scored the goal with a header in front of the back point, and Riyadh Crescent led 1-0!
In the 10th minute, Otavio's kick from the middle of the penalty area was blocked by the defender. In the 29th minute, Kalidou Koulibaly kicked down Cristiano Ronaldo when he was in the opposite foot, and was shown a yellow card by the referee.
In the 36th minute, Ronaldo started on the line of the penalty area, received a straight plug from his teammates in an anti-offside position, and his shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Riyadh Crescent goalkeeper Bounou. In the 43rd minute, Ronaldo drove the ball into the penalty area and volleyed on the left side of the goal and was saved by Bounou, and Otavio's header in front of the goal was confiscated by Bounou.
At the end of the first half, Riyadh Crescent went into the break with a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, in the 47th minute, Riyadh Victory crossed the ball from the right side, and Ronaldo's barb hit the far post on the left side of the penalty area, and the linesman signaled that Ronaldo was offside. In the 49th minute, Ronaldo cut into the straight plug on the right side of the front, dribbled into the penalty area and pushed the shot wide of the far post.
In the 56th minute, Riyadh Crescent counterattacked to form a single knife, Ospina went out of the penalty area to block the ball with his hand, and received a red card, Riyadh Victory was only able to respond with 10 men, substitute goalkeeper Waleed came on, replacing Mane. In the 64th minute, Ronaldo's free kick at the top of the penalty area was saved by Bounou.
In the 87th minute, Riyadh Crescent defender Blaisy challenged the opponent and also received a red card, and Riyadh Crescent only had 10 men left to fight. In the 88th minute, Rajami threw the ball into the penalty area with his outside hand on the right sideline of the front field, and Yahya nodded the ball to the goal, and Riyadh won a 1-1 equalization!
In the 90th minute, Kalidou Koulibaly kicked the opponent even though the victory goalkeeper confiscated the ball, and received the second yellow card of the game, two yellows turned into one red and was sent off, and the number of people on the field of Riyadh Crescent was reduced to nine. At the end of regular time, the two teams played to a 1-1 draw and went into extra time.
In extra time, in the 95th minute, Ronaldo burst into the penalty area with the ball and hit the goal from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area. In the 118th minute, the Riyadh Victory player knocked back from an offside position on the bottom line, and Ronaldo's header was blocked by the defender. After 120 minutes, the score was still tied at 1-1 and went to penalties.
In the penalty shootout, Riyadh Crescent took the penalty first, and Riyadh won the penalty later. In the first round, Ruben Neves hit the post and Telles sent the ball flying; In the second round, Mitrovic and Ronaldo both hit free throws; In the next three rounds, both sides also made their own free throws; In the sixth round, Abdelhamid and Hassan's penalty kicks were saved by the goalkeeper; In the seventh round, Dausari scored, and Nemel, who came out next, was saved by Bounou.
In the end, Riyadh Crescent defeated Riyadh Victory 5-4 on penalties and 6-5 on aggregate to win the Saudi King's Cup this season. After missing out on the title, Riyadh victory superstar Cristiano Ronaldo fell to the ground, leaving tears of regret.
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