Ronaldo 'gave' the goal to Felix, defeated Benzema

Late on August 19 (Vietnam time), Ronaldo's Al Nassr club defeated Al Ittihad 2-1 in the Saudi Arabia Super Cup semi-final, despite having to play with one less player for most of the match.

Ronaldo hugs Felix after scoring the winning goal - Photo: REUTERS

Although not a major tournament, this big match still attracts a lot of attention, as Al Ittihad owns Benzema - who used to play alongside Ronaldo in Real Madrid's shirt.

In addition, this is also the official debut of star Joao Felix at Al Nassr, after he joined the Saudi Arabian team with a transfer fee of 50 million euros 1 month ago.

The match opened with great excitement when Sadio Mane opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and just 6 minutes later Bergwijn equalized for Al Ittihad.

The match was quite balanced when hero Mane made a big mistake. In a dispute, he was too greedy for the ball and stepped on goalkeeper Al-Shanqiti, causing the referee to give him a straight red card.

The moment before Ronaldo passed the ball to Felix who was running down - Photo: FR

Having to play with one less man, Al Nassr took the initiative to defend and counter-attack, and then surprisingly regained the lead in the 61st minute. This was a situation where almost everyone in the stands had to take their hats off to Ronaldo.

He escaped down to face goalkeeper Al-Shanqiti in a very open position. But then when observing Felix also coming down, Ronaldo decided to pass the ball across so that his teammate could easily tap the ball into the empty net.

This goal created a beautiful image between Ronaldo and Felix, erasing rumors of discord between the two stars when they both played for the Portuguese national team.

This was also the decisive goal of the match. In the end, Ronaldo won convincingly against Benzema - who played poorly throughout the match.

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ronaldo-nhuong-ban-thang-cho-felix-danh-bai-benzema-20250819222955261.htm