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After having been the main figure in the exhibition match between the best elements of the combined between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, as the All-Stars of Saudi Arabia, against the Paris Saint-Germain, Cristiano Ronaldo He officially debuted this Sunday with the Mrsool Park institution, but his presentation was not the best since he ended up leaving without being able to train as a scorer.
Although it is true that last Thursday he scored a double against Keylor Navas in the friendly against the Parisians, On this day, the star of the Portugal National Team failed to even greatly disturb the Al-Etiffaq goal for matchday 14 of the Saudi Pro League; This did not prevent those led by Rudi García from getting another victory, but at the hands of Anderson Talisca.
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With this result, Al Nassr he retook the lead in the top flight in Saudi Arabia, having first been passed by Al-Ittihad and then passed by Al-Hilal with his win over Abha. Cristiano Ronaldo became the new captain of the squad that has 33 points in the Saudi championship, but will still have to wait to send the ball to the back of the net.
According to data from SofaScore, the ‘7′ did not have a good performance on the pitch (6.9) and he was one of the worst qualified along with Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martínez (6.8), Sultan Al-Ghannam (6.8) and Abdulrahman Ghareeb (6.3). In addition, Cristiano recorded 90 minutes played, 1 shot on goal, 1 deflected shot, 2 blocked shots, 1/1 dribbling attempted, 89% passing effectiveness, 1/5 duels at grass level and 0/1 aerial duels.
Last numbers with Manchester United and Portugal
In a change that is expected to be beneficial for ‘CR7’, the beginning could not have been the best, since it was not possible for him to give joy to his new fans in what is his new homesomething that reminded him of his final stage at United and the Portugal National Team.
On the one hand, with the Red Devils he only scored 3 goals and gave 2 assists in the 16 games in which he saw activityin which he started in the 6 Europa League and in the Premier League he only started 4 out of 10. Finally, With the Lusitanos he only scored 1 goal in the Qatar 2022 World Cup and ended up being relegated to the bench, so he will have to change the chip to succeed in Saudi territory.
Next game of Cristiano Ronaldo
The next duel in which will seek to make his official debut as a scorer for Al-Nassr will be in the semifinal of the Saudi Arabian Super Cup, in which they will play against Al-Ittihad on Thursday, January 26 from the King Fahd International Stadium. As became a custom throughout his career, Cristiano will be able to fight to get into the final against Al-Feiha or Al-Hilal, and aspire to his first trophy on Saudi soil.
Social Media Message
Despite not scoring his first official goal with the Riyadh team’s yellow shirt, the 37-year-old striker posted a very happy message on his social media: “First match, first win. Well done guys. Thanks to all the fans for your amazing support.”.
