The Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus, of the Saudi club Al-Nassr, has adopted two plans to compensate for the absence of Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo in the match against Neom Saudi, scheduled for Saturday evening as part of the Saudi Professional League, at Al Awal Park in the capital, Riyadh.

The Saudi newspaper "Al-Riyadiyah" reported that Jesus resorted to two plans during Thursday's training to deal with Ronaldo's absence, which included relying on Abdullah Al-Hamdan and Sadio Mane.

Al-Hamdan led the main team's attack line in a scrimmage between two groups at the end of a training session at the "Dar Al-Nasr" training center field. Then, Senegalese Sadio Mane took over as the striker, Brazilian Angelo Gabriel occupied the left-wing position, and Abdullah Al-Khaibari entered the midfield alongside Croatian Marcelo Brozovic.

The official account of Al-Nassr Club on the "X" platform announced that Cristiano Ronaldo sustained a muscle injury during his participation in the team's 3-1 victory over Al-Fayha in the 24th round of the Saudi League. This has led the coach to consider alternatives to compensate for his absence in the upcoming match against Neom.