Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 65th career hattrick as Al-Nassr romped home whilst demolishing Abha, 8-0 in this Saudi Pro League 2023-24 game. This was Ronaldo’s second hattrick on the bounce in the ongoing Saudi Pro League and he has been in scintillating form.
The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium witnessed a glorious performance from the talismanic Portuguese striker as he scored 3 goals and had 2 assists in the 1st half of this game.
It was a one-way traffic in this game and Ronaldo scored two free-kick goals within a span of 10 minutes, as he was breathing fire on Tuesday. On both the occasions, Cristiano Ronaldo could manage to outfox the opposition defenders’ wall and managed to net the goal.
Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich player Sadio Mane scored a goal in the 33rd minute and Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem scored a goal in the 44th minute of this game.
On the other hand, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa too found their names on the goal-scoring sheet of this game. Aliwa had netted a brace in this match and etched his name in glory too.
Al-Nassr came on the back of a 5-1 victory against Al-Tai in the ongoing Saudi Pro League 2023-24. Cristiano Ronaldo had scored a hattrick in that game on 31st March 2024. The 39-year-old striker is in imperious form and he ages like fine wine.
Al-Nassr are presently in the 2nd position in the Saudi Pro League 2023-24 and have 20 wins in 26 games. Only Al-Hilal are above them in the points table and they have a 12-point lead over Ronaldo’s team.
Ronaldo and co. are unbeaten in their last 3 games and have registered victories in all of them.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the leading goal-scorer of Saudi Pro League 2023-24
With 26 goals under his belt in 23 matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving a lasting impression in this season of the ongoing Saudi Pro League 2023-24. He is the leading goal-scorer of this competition and is one of the sole reasons why Al-Nassr are a force to reckon with in this ongoing competition.
Ronaldo had completed a move to Al-Nassr in January 2023 after things at Manchester United ended on a bad note. He has previously plied his trade for Real Madrid and Juventus.
