VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF AL ITTIHAD'S 2-1 WIN AWAY TO AL NASSR IN KING'S CUP ROUND OF 16 TIE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (SAUDI PRO LEAGUE – See restrictions) 1. VARIOUS OF TEAMS WALKING OUT 2. GOAL/ AL ITTIHAD CATCH AL NASSR ON A COUNTER-ATTACK WITH CAPTAIN, KARIM BENZEMA, BEATING THE GOALKEEPER AT HIS NEAR POST WITH A FIRST-TOUCH SHOT. 0-1 3. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY 4. GOAL/ AL ITTIHAD DEFENDER, SAAD AL MOUSA, BLOCKS A CROSS FROM AL NASSR CAPTAIN, CRISTIANO RONALDO, BUT THE BALL FALLS FOR FORWARD ANGELO GABRIEL WHO SCORES. 1-1 5. (SLOW MOTION) VARIOUS REPLAYS 6. RONALDO TRIES A SHOT FROM DISTANCE BUT AL ITTIHAD GOALKEEPER, PREDRAG RAJKOVIC, GETS DOWN LOW TO MAKE A SAVE 7. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY 8. GOAL/ AL ITTIHAD MIDFIELDER, HOUSSEM AOUAR, ARUNS ONTO A PASS THROUGH THE AL NASSR DEFENCE AND SCORES. 1-2 9. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY 10. AL ITTIHAD DEFENDER, AHMED AL-JULAYDAN, IS SHOWN A STRAIGHT RED FOR A HIGH KICK ON AYMAN YAHYA 11. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY 12. AL NASSR WINGER, KINGSLEY COMAN, STEALS POSSESSION FROM A MISPLACED AL ITTIHAD PASS, PLAYING RONALDO THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE WITH RAJKOVIC BUT RONALDO'S ATTEMPTED CHIP IS EASILY SAVED BY THE GOALKEEPER 13. FULL-TIME WHISTLE 14. BENZEMA CELEBRATING FROM BENCH 15. RONALDO/ SCORE GRAPHIC STORY: Karim Benzema got the better of his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday (October 28) as the two former Ballon d'Or winners faced off in a Saudi King's Cup last 16 encounter. The veteran French forward opened the scoring for Al Ittihad away to Ronaldo's Al Nassr 15 minutes in with the finishing touch on a slick counter attack. The hosts drew level at the half hour mark through Brazilian youngster Angelo Gabriel before Algeria international Houssem Aouar restored Al-Ittihad's lead in first half stoppage time. The reigning Saudi Pro League champions were reduced to 10 men four minutes after the restart when Ahmed Al-Julaydan was shown a straight red for a high kick but Al-Nassr were unable to make the extra player count. Ronaldo had the best chance to equalise when he found himself one-on-one with Predrag Rajkovic but sent a weak chip into the goalkeeper's chest. The win is just Sergio Conceicao's second since taking charge of the Jeddah outfit earlier this month following his dismissal from Milan. (Production: Conal Quinn)
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