Despite missing football icon Cristiano Ronaldo, who didn\u2019t play after his recent wedding nuptials, Al-Nassr barely broke a sweat in the first game of their title defence.<\/p>\n
WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n In front of a big crowd in Riyadh, Al-Nassr scored twice in the first half through Angelo Gabriel and Joao Felix, a superstar in his own right, before Samu Costa put one in the back of the net in his club debut to seal the result.<\/p>\n Ange Postecoglou during his first Saudi Pro League game between Al Nassr and Al Fateh.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n The Al-Nassr job is Postecoglou\u2019s first since his nightmare stint with EPL side Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n Postecoglou lasted just 40 days in that role before being sacked.<\/p>\n The Aussie has replaced Jorge Jesus at Al-Nassr, who, after leading the club to the Saudi Pro League title last season, stepped down to become Portugal\u2019s national coach. <\/p>\n Managing Ronaldo and his not-insignificant ego at the latter stage of his career will be Postecoglou\u2019s biggest challenge, especially given that his high-tempo style clearly clashes with CR7\u2019s approach to the game now that he\u2019s in his forties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou has begun his tenure at Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr on a winning note, with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-856848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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