The 39-year-old Portuguese made five effective actions in the first half, after which he was replaced.
Al Nasr superstar forward Cristiano Ronaldo continues to impress with his phenomenal performance. The Portuguese became the hero of the match of the 26th round of the Saudi Arabian championship against the Abha club.
The 39-year-old striker was in the starting lineup for his team and already made five effective actions in the first half. Cristiano scored a hat-trick and provided three assists.
Interestingly, Ronaldo scored two of his three goals with direct free kicks. This happened for the first time since 2011, when he scored twice from a free kick for Real Madrid in a game with Villarreal.
In general, this match was the fourth for Cristiano in his career, in which he managed to score twice from a free kick.
In addition to two skillfully executed free kicks, Ronaldo's third goal also turned out to be beautiful. The Portuguese overthrew the goalkeeper with a shot from outside the penalty area.
Two free kicks and a cheeky chip.
Another day, another hat for Cristiano Ronaldo
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The meeting ended with the victory of Al-Nasr with a score of 8:0. Ronaldo was replaced at half-time.
Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in his second straight match for Al-Nasr in the Saudi Arabian Championship . In total, he has 29 goals and 10 assists in 24 Saudi League matches this season. He leads the scoring race, 7 goals scored ahead of Al-Hilal forward Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Al-Nasr is in second place in the Saudi Arabian championship standings. The charges of ex-coach of Shakhtar Donetsk Luis Castro are 12 points behind the leader of Al-Hilal.