The team led by Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus was superior, especially in the second half, to the team coached by his compatriot Luis Castro, and demonstrated it with goals in that period scored by Salem Al Dawsari and the Brazilian Malcom at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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After a balanced first half, in which Cristiano Ronaldo was very active and a goal from Al Nassr was disallowed for an offside by Otávio, a Portuguese player, in added time, Al Hilal took control of the game in the second half.

Salem Al Dawsari, assisted by Serbian Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, opened the scoring in the 61st minute by beating Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina. And in the 72nd minute came the sentence with a goal from Malcom, former Barcelona player, who headed in a precise cross from his compatriot Michael from the right.

With five minutes left, Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off with a straight red card for striking Saud Abdulhamid in the struggle for the ball to take a quick throw-in. He even gestured to attempt to punch the referee, who had his back turned, after seeing the red card, and is facing a harsh sanction.

This was the twelfth expulsion for the Portuguese forward. In injury time (99th minute), and with Cristiano Ronaldo already off the field, Al Nassr narrowed the gap with a goal scored by Senegalese Sadio Mané.