Alright, here’s how I tracked down the official lineups for the Al-Taawoun vs Al-Nassr match yesterday. Woke up early ’cause kickoff was at Saudi time, and I knew finding reliable sources could be messy.
First thing, I grabbed my phone and went straight to the Saudi Pro League’s official account. Scrolled through their feed for lineup posts – nothing there. Annoying, but not surprising. Clubs sometimes post these directly.
Switched tactics: I opened both teams’ official accounts side by side. Refreshed like crazy for 10 minutes. Boom – Al-Taawoun dropped theirs first. Ronaldo was starting, shocker. Took screenshots immediately ’cause these posts can get buried fast.
But Al-Nassr’s? Radio silence. Checked three live score apps – all showed “predicted” lineups. Total garbage. Went back to Al-Nassr’s feed and filtered posts by “Latest.” Still nothing. Got impatient and messaged their supporter page. No reply, obviously.
Finally switched to Twitter. Searched “Al-Nassr lineup official” with live tweets. Found a Saudi journalist retweeting the club’s Arabic announcement – took me five minutes to match player names using Google Translate. Saved both lists in my notes app.
Lessons learned:
- Official club accounts are king – apps and blogs often guess wrong
- Screenshot everything – team posts vanish in algorithm hell
- Local journalists on Twitter are backup MVPs
Honestly took 45 minutes just to confirm what should’ve been simple. Next time I’ll just watch warm-ups on stream.
