Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia ended the first half, beating its guest Al-Rayyan of Qatar with a clean goal, on Monday evening, September 30, in the second round of the group stage, in the Championship. AFC Champions League for the elite.
The goal came Al-Nasrawi At the 45th minute + 1, following a perfect cross from right-back Sultan Al-Ghannam, Senegalese Sadio Mane rose to it and headed it into the visitors’ net.
With this goal, Mane continued his remarkable brilliance with Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia this season across all competitions, as he reached his No. 7 scoring contribution, by scoring two goals and providing 5 assists.
The Saudi club signed the 32-year-old player during the 2023 summer transfer window, after a single season the player spent with German League giant Bayern Munich.
Mane participated in 56 confrontations with Al-Nasr across all competitions, and was able to score 21 times, and provided 16 assists. The speedy winger’s contract with “Asfar Al-Assam” expires in June 2026, and his current market value amounts to 15 million euros, based on data from the website “Transfer Market“.
The Saudi victory goal confirms the brilliance of Sultan Al-Ghanem
In a related context, Mane’s goal confirmed the state of brilliance experienced by right-back Sultan Al-Ghanem during the last 6 matches, as he caused two penalty kicks during his team’s matches against Al-Wahda and Al-Ittifaq, within the Saudi Roshan League competitions.
The player also scored 3 goals for his team during the recent confrontations against Al-Ahly, Al-Hazm, and Al-Rayyan, and Al-Ghannam scored a goal in the match between Al-Nasr and Iraqi Police, in the first round of the AFC Elite Champions League, which ended in a positive 1-1 draw.
Last season witnessed the Nasrawi team losing the championship title Roshan Saudi Leaguewhich Al Hilal won in its favor 3 rounds before the end of the competition. Mane and Al Ghanem also bid farewell to the AFC Champions League, after losing to Al Ain of the UAE in the quarter-finals on penalties with a score of (1-3).
In the Diriyah Saudi Super Cup, the Al-Asmi Club left the competition in the semi-finals, after losing to its traditional rival, Al-Hilal, with a score of (2-1). Finally, Al-Nasr failed to end the season well, after losing on penalties to Al-Hilal in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup final. On May 31 of last year.
This season, the Saudi Al-Nasr Club is looking to win titles with its new Italian coach Stefano Pioli, who took over the reins to succeed Portuguese Luis Castro.
