Riyadh (dpa)
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo led his team, Al-Nasr, to a big victory over its host, Al-Wahda 4/0, in the 16th round of the Saudi Professional Football League, Roshen.
Ronaldo scored four goals in the 21st, 40th, 53rd (penalty) and 61st minutes, to lead Al-Nassr to achieve a big victory, raising his score to 37 points to regain the top of the standings, on goal difference from Al-Shabab, who finished second, and three points behind Al-Ittihad, who faces justice today, Friday.
While Al-Wahda’s balance stuck at 18 points, in the thirteenth place. During the match, Ronaldo achieved another unique number in his busy sports career with the round witch, as he carried the first goal he scored in the net of the unit, the 500th in his career with all the clubs, whose colors he defended throughout his participation with them in the various league championships. After scoring the four goals, Ronaldo raised his scoring tally in the various leagues to 503 goals, with 103 goals with Manchester United in the English Premier League, 311 goals with Real Madrid in the Spanish League, 81 goals with Juventus in the Italian League, and 3 goals with Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese League. , in addition to 5 goals with Al-Nassr in the Saudi League.
The match started with pressure from Al-Nasr, who wanted to score an early goal against its host Al-Wahda, who in turn adhered to defensive caution from the first minutes of the match.
In the 21st minute, Al-Nasr’s pressure resulted in him scoring the first goal through Cristiano Ronaldo, who received a pass from Abdul Rahman Gharib, to hit a ball from outside the penalty area, into the net of Al-Wahda goalkeeper.
Al-Nasr continued its pressure after scoring the first goal, while Al-Wehda was satisfied with being in its penalty area and trying to prevent Ronaldo from getting closer to the goal, to no avail, as the Portuguese star was the first danger in the goal of Abdel-Qudous Attia, Al-Wehda goalkeeper.
Ronaldo succeeded in scoring the second goal for Al-Nassr in the 40th minute, after receiving a pass from Sami Al-Naji to the right of Al-Wahda’s goal, to hit the ball directly into the net.
The remaining minutes of the first half did not witness anything new, so the referee blew the final whistle, with victory advancing with a double from Ronaldo. In the second half, Al-Nasr continued its pressure, and got a penalty kick after being blocked by Abdel-Rahman Gharib, which Ronaldo successfully translated into the net in the 53rd minute, scoring the third goal of the match for him and Al-Nassr.
And at the time when Al-Wahda came out with all his lines trying to save what could be saved, Ronaldo succeeded in scoring the fourth goal for himself and his team in the 61st minute, after a powerful shot from inside the penalty area, scoring the fourth goal. In the remaining time of the match, Al-Wahda tried to keep up with its opponent’s rhythm and score a goal to save face, but to no avail, so that Al-Nasr maintained its broad lead until the referee blew the final whistle with a 4-0 victory.
