João Félix enjoys dream debut in Al Nassr v Al Ittihad clash | OneFootball

Al Nassr won against Al Ittihad by two balls to one (2-1) in the match that marked the start of the 25/26 sports season for Saudi clubs. The duel, which counted for the semi-finals of the Saudi Super Cup, featured the debut of João Félix and Jorge Jesus and the forward trained at Benfica was the great highlight of the match, scoring the winning goal for his team.

Jorge Jesus played his first game in charge of Al Nassr and bet, from the start, on the debuts of João Félix, Kingsley Coman, and Iñigo Martinez. Captained by Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi emblem opened the scoring just 10 minutes into the game through Sadio Mané, who was assisted by Brozovic.

Without much room for euphoria, Al Ittihad equalized the score just a few minutes later (16'). Steven Bergwijn was assisted by Moussa Diaby and put everything back on track in the match. The game started intensely, and in the heat of the moment, Sadio Mané, who had scored the first goal of the match, saw a direct red card (25'), after stepping on the opponent's goalkeeper's abdominal region.

The team led by Jorge Jesus went into the interval playing with one less player, but the Portuguese coach decided not to change the starting eleven. In the second half, with Al Ittihad pressing, Al Nassr surprised the opponent and, through a long ball behind the defense, Cristiano Ronaldo was left alone with the goalkeeper and gave the goal to João Félix (61'), who only had to push the ball into the net.

João Félix was on fire and, five minutes later, scored again, but the goal was disallowed due to a foul at the start of Cristiano Ronaldo's play. Al Nassr held on until the end of the match and managed to defeat Al Ittihad, despite playing more than two-thirds of the match with one less player due to the expulsion.

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