Al-Nasr achieved its first victory in the Saudi Professional League, three days after the tournament. Thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick, the season has finally been launched for Luis Castro’s men. At the end of the meeting, the five-time Golden Ball winner returned to the level of the Saudi championship, as well as his choice to join Al-Nassr last year.
The Saudi club can thank Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a double and a hat-trick respectively, for their first victory in the Saudi Professional League after a crushing victory over Al-Fateh (5-0).
Cristiano Ronaldo was present at the post-match interview and the Portuguese first wanted to congratulate his teammates on the match: “It was a very important game, it’s our first win in the league, we knew it was very important. I’m very happy with my score, the team played well and scored five goals. But the most important thing is that we started to win. The team is improving game after game and the new ones are of higher quality and today I mane Gharib played a great game in attack, but the whole team played very well.”
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The Portuguese arrived a year ago at Al-Nassr, and had to wait for a short season before seeing the emergence of several regulars in European leagues in the Saudi Professional League. It is considered one of the signs of the exodus of players to the Gulf country. Ronaldo expresses his health in the tournament and is ambitious: “I’m very happy to be here in Saudi Arabia, football is changing. Top quality players are coming. As I said some time ago, this league is going to be the best in the world. Step by step, the road is moving forward.” was built. I am very happy that they have received me so well here in Saudi Arabia at all stages.”.
For him, the strategy used by the Saudi clubs is the right one and the Saudi Professional League is on the right track: “With the arrival of other stars, the Saudi League will progress much faster and can continue its growth curve. The ambition is always the same, to compete with, or even surpass, the biggest leagues in the old continent.”
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