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The Roshn Saudi League leaders triumphed 5-1 against Qatar\u2019s Al Ahli in their last-four clash in Dubai, with Coman netting a hat-trick.<\/p>\n
It told only part of the story, though. Al Nassr had to rely on goalkeeper Bento saving a 7th-minute penalty and then rebound from a goal down to eventually prevail. Wing wizard Angelo and in-form winter signing Abdullah Al Hamdan<\/a> got the other goals.<\/p>\n And so, 2025-26 could emerge as a season to remember. Because, not only will Al Nassr contest the continental final, next month against Japan’s Gamba Osaka at their own Al Awwal Park, but with five full rounds remaining in the RSL, they sit top, eight points clear<\/a> of second-placed Al Hilal.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n However, for the moment at least, Coman isn\u2019t counting any chickens.<\/p>\n “It was a very good game,” the summer signing from Bayern Munich said. “We showed good reaction after [conceding] the first goal and that\u2019s the way to play. I\u2019m very happy with the performance. Now we go back with confidence and give everything to [our] league [campaign].<\/p>\n “This season has been good, but the league and Champions League Two have not been won yet. We are in a good way, but we know we still have to give everything to win the titles.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Manager Jorge Jesus, leaning on his previous RSL title-winning experience<\/a>, shared the sentiment.<\/p>\n “Our goal was to reach the final and we have done so with great effect,” the former Al Hilal man said<\/a>. “We had our weak moments against a strong team, but to play every three days at such a tempo is not easy. We look ahead to the final but, first, we also want to win the [RSL].<\/p>\n “There are always two teams in the final and, when you reach the final, you are a good team. But, ultimately, only one lifts the trophy. Reaching the final is the hardest part of the journey; once you reach it, anything can happen in football.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Brazilian winger Angelo scores past Qatar’s Al Ahli in AFC Champions League Two semi-final<\/p>\n Al Nassr, who across all competitions have now won a club-record 19 consecutive matches, resume their RSL campaign next Wednesday, in the huge home clash with third-placed Al Ahli.<\/p>\n The reigning continental champions have an Asian final of their own to contest, too<\/a>. On Saturday, Al Ahli face Japan\u2019s FC Machida Zelvia at Alinma Stadium in Jeddah in a bid to clinch back-to-back AFC Champions League Elite trophies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One match from a first trophy with Al Nassr, and one month from what could prove a dazzling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[233662,94023,11047,38363,96047,565,233663,49,48,233661,637,2454,17267,131634,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-623055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-abdullah-al-hamdan","9":"tag-afc-champions-league","10":"tag-al-ahli","11":"tag-al-hilal","12":"tag-al-nassr","13":"tag-bayern-munich","14":"tag-bento","15":"tag-ca","16":"tag-canada","17":"tag-coman","18":"tag-france","19":"tag-japan","20":"tag-qatar","21":"tag-rsl","22":"tag-soccer","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b31d459969665b303ece542ea7ac602b.jpeg\"\/)
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