Al Nassr, which is captained by Cristiano Ronaldo, had a rough start to the new season after signing Sadio Mane, but the two players worked well together in a win over Al Fateh.
In the 3rd round of the Saudi Pro League, Al Nassr beat host Al Fateh 5-0 in a “destructive” game early on August 26.Two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane, put on a great show for Al Nassr fans when they scored five goals against Al Fateh. Ronaldo had a hat trick and an assist, and Mane scored twice.
Al Nassr put them both in his starting lineup for the trip to Al Fateh.After two losses to start the Saudi Pro League, this game against Ronaldo’s team is very important.
Even though Al Nassr won the Arab Clubs Cup, they lost their first two games of the season.Al Nassr’s first two games of the season were losses. First, they lost 1-2 to Steven Gerrard’s Al Ettifaq, and then they lost 0-2 at home to Al Taawoun.
As soon as Ronaldo helped his new teammate Mane score Al Nassr’s first goal against Al Fateh in the 27th minute, fears of a third straight loss went away. The player did a great job moving the ball. At the edge of the penalty area, Al Nassr passed the ball to the 38-year-old Portuguese superstar.
Ronaldo’s excellent assist for Mane scored the opening goal for Al Nassr. PHOTO: TWITTER
Then Ronaldo sent a great backheel pass to Mane, who ran and skillfully beat Al Fateh’s goalkeeper, Jacob Rinne.It was the striker from Senegal’s second goal for Al Nassr since he moved there from Bayern Munich in Germany.
Alganham’s cross was used to set up Ronaldo’s goal 11 minutes later, which made it 2-0 for Al Nassr. Ronaldo scored by heading the ball into the goal from a free spot in the penalty area after Alganham’s cross.In a great game of Al Nassr, Ronaldo and Mane each scored again and again.
The forward who used to play for Real Madrid and Manchester United scored the game’s second goal at the start of the second half. In the 55th minute, Abdulrahman Ghareeb sent a low cross that Ronaldo finished to make it 3-0 for Al Nassr.
Mane completed the double of the match. PHOTO: GETTY
Then, Mane “followed” Ronaldo and scored two goals of his own.When Ghareeb’s cross found Mane in the box, the former Liverpool striker hit a powerful header into the net and imitated Ronaldo’s “siu” dance.
Even though Al Nassr was on his way to an easy win, both strikers still had time to score a hat-trick, but only one of them did.In extra time (90+6), Nawaf Boushal made a great pass to Ronaldo. All Ronaldo had to do was shoot from a few yards away into the net to give Al Nassr a 5-0 win.
Ronaldo has scored 17 goals in 22 games for Al Nassr. He scored a hat-trick against Al Fateh, which helped him break the record.Since leaving Manchester United in a very public way and moving to Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo has now scored three hat-tricks.
Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick at Al Nassr. PHOTO: GETTY
Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane want to keep playing well at Al Nassr before the clubs take a break to let the national team play.First, Al Nassr plays Al Shabab at home on Tuesday night. Then, next weekend, they will go to Al Hazm.