TEHRAN - Al Nasr staged an impressive comeback at Al Maktoum Stadium, as Iranian striker Mehdi Ghayedi provided the assists for the team’s first and third goals in Round 8 of the ADNOC Pro League. 
Al Nasr overturned an early one-goal deficit to defeat United 4-1.
United started the match strongly, opening the scoring early in the eighth minute through Mahmoud Dahoud, who capitalized on Willy Semedo’s pass inside the penalty area and slotted the ball into the net with a first-time shot.
Al-Nasr intensified its offensive attempts in search of adjusting the score, until Ejdin Hrustic was able to equalize in the 39th minute, benefiting from Mehdi Qaidi’s pass. The first half ended in a draw with one goal for each team.
At the start of the second half, Al-Nassr asserted their dominance and took the lead for the first time. This came after Kevin Ardila scored the second goal in the 47th minute, following a pass from David Petrovic.
Ardila returned to confirm his brilliance in the match, scoring his second personal goal and the third for his team in the 54th minute. With this goal, Al-Nasr gave a comfortable advantage in the score.
In stoppage time, Ramon Mirez completed the rout by scoring the fourth goal in the 90+5 minute. This confirmed the home side’s superiority and sealed the victory.
With this victory, Al-Nasr raised their points tally to 11, moving up to seventh place in the league standings. Meanwhile, United’s points remained at 7, leaving them in eleventh place.