Asian Football Roundup: Al-Nassr Extend Saudi lead, โKashimaโข Nears J-Leagueโ Title, Ulsan Boosts โฃKโค League Survival Hopes
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – โ Cristiano Ronaldoโฃ scored as Al-Nassr secured their eighth โฃconsecutive victory in the Saudi Pro League, defeating Neom SCโ 3-1 on โSaturday and extendingโ their lead to 24 โฃpoints. Angelo and Joao Felix also โขfound the net for โAl-Nassr, โthree points ahead of Al-Taawoun, who won 5-2 against Al-Fateh. Al-Hilal remains a further โpoint back after a 4-2 โvictory over Al-Najma, a matchโข thatโข saw the losing โขside finishโค with nine players.
AUCKLAND, NEW โZEALAND – auckland FC maintained their top position in the โขA-league โwith a 2-1 win over Wellington Phoenix, despite playing the final stages with nine โขmen. Sam Cosgrove โฃscored bothโ goals for Auckland,โ in โthe first and 34th โminutes, while Ifeanyi Eze โequalized for Wellingtonโฃ in the ninth. โWellington had two players sent off – Danielโ Hall in the 49th minuteโข and Logan โขRogerson in the 79th. Sydney FC are one point behind Auckland after a 2-0 win over Macarthur FC.
KASHIMA, โJAPAN โข- Kashima Antlers took โขa critically important step towards the โขJ-League title withโ a 2-1 victory โฃover โYokohama FC on Saturday. Leo Ceara and Kei Chinenโข scored forโค Kashima in the second half before Yokohama’s Boniface Ndukaโค responded with a header.Kashima lead Kashiwa Reysol by one point with two rounds remaining. Kashiwa defeated Nagoya Grampus 1-0 thanks to anโค own goal from โKennedy mikuni in the 47th minute.
ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA – Ulsan HD eased their relegation concerns in the K League withโฃ a 1-0 win โฃoverโข Suwon โฃFCโ on Sunday.Gustav Ludwigson scored the decisive goal two minutes into the second half, โขmoving Ulsan five points clear of the relegation playoff positions.โข The team finishingโ sixth in the six-team relegation group will โฃbe relegated,while fourth and fifthโ will enter playoffs against teams โfrom theโข second division.
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