Al-Nasr lifts Crown Prince Cup

Al-Nasr was crowned the champion of the Crown Prince Cup on Saturday evening after beating Al-Hilal 2-1 in the final. Al-Nasr broke Al-Hilal’s six-time-in-a-row record as the latter has won the championship for the last six years.
Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense patronized the final match of the Crown Prince Cup between Riyadh’s Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal at King Fahd International Stadium on Saturday.
The prince handed over the cup to Al-Nasr captain Hussein Abdulghani and gold medal to the players.
Prince Miqrin bin Abdulaziz, second deputy premier, Prince Khaled bin Bandar, Riyadh governor, Prince Nawwaf bin Faisal, President of Youth Welfare and Ahmad Eid, head of the Saudi Football Federation, received the crown prince at the event.
Al-Hilal took the lead through striker Nasser Al-Shamrani (2) who found himself face to face with goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Enizi after a long pass. Al-Nasr scored (24) through Al-Hilal defender Sultan Al-Duaya who put the ball in his team’s net when he tried to defend the goal against Al-Nasr Bahraini Defender Muhammad Hussern’s header. Muhammad Al-Sahlawi scored the second through a penalty (58) after Al-Hilal Nawwaf Al-Abed tackle of Al-Nasr midfielder Shaya Shrahili.
Al-Hilal’s Brazilian Tiago Neves and his national Al-Nasr’s Elton missed several
The stadium was packed to capacity as the tickets were sold out on Friday.