Al-Nassr missed the qualification for the AFC Champions League elite, because Fateh came twice from behind before the stunning Cristiano Ronaldo and the company with a 96th minute winner in the Saudi Pro League.
Al-Nassr went in the last match day of the campaign that needed a victory to get the chance to catch up Al-Hilal to finish second and take the final qualifying place.
Their hope was revived on Sunday, because they were given three points for a recent 2-1 loss for Al-Orouba, who turned out to have a non-intended player.
But they ended with a defeat despite the fact that she took the lead twice through Ronaldo and Sadio Mane. Ronaldo arrived unark on the distant pole to nod in a 42nd minute more open, although Matias Vargas pulled the level of the hosts with a close-range finish in the first half of the stop time.
After missing a few striking opportunities, Mane stopped the right-wing center of Nawaf Bu Washl to set Al-Nassr 2-1 in the 75th minute.
The beautiful free kick from Mourad Batna, however, already dragged FATEH level in the 81st minute, as a result of which Al-Nassr players threw forward in search of a winner.
They were caught in the sixth minute of the second half of the stopping time, with Matheus Machado getting home to the second attempt after his first shot was blocked.
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In the end, even a victory would not have been enough to catch up Al-Hilal, who defeated Al-Qadsiah 2-0 thanks to goals from Aleksandar Mitrovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
Mitrovic found the top left corner with a 25th minute penalty to put them in front, and then Milinkovic-Savic sealed the points with a neat finish over the goal in the second half.
Al-Hilal finished second, five points free from Al-Nassr, with the fourth placed Al-Qadsiah two points behind the Stefano Pioli team, who go to the AFC Champions League 2.
Champions Al-Sittihad meanwhile signed with a 1-0 win over Damac, where Steven Bergwijn cuts a finish over Florin Nita in the 72nd minute.
Reigning AFC Champions League Elite champions Al-Ahli in the meantime finished fifth after beating Al-Riyad with 1-0 through a 16th minute penalty from Ivan Toney, the 23rd competition goal of the English International of the season.
At the bottom, al-Okhdood relegated relegation through a fine of Mohammed Naif Saleh Al Jahif in the 15th minute of the second half of the stopping time, with Al-Wehda from a 2-1 defeat against Al-Etifaq, who scored a 96th-dute winner via Vitinho.
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Debrief data: New Low for Al-Nassr, but comfort for Ronaldo
Ronaldo has been associated with a transfer away from the Saudi Pro League, in which FIFA president Gianni Infantino suggests that he could move to a participant in the coming Club World Cup.
If this was his last match for Al-Nassr, he went on a sour note and left the field to a choir of angry after Al-Nassr had recorded their worst Pro League finish since his arrival in 2022 (second in 2022-23 and 2023-24).
Ronaldo at least reached the consolation prize from the Golden Boot and finished 25 goals to dismiss Toney, after he also won it with 35 goals Last campaign.