Cristiano Ronaldo brushed aside the criticism related to his ability to perform like yesteryears by scoring all four goals for his new Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr in its 4-0 win over Al Wehda on Thursday (February 9) during the Saudi Professional League match, which took place at the King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Jeddah. After failing to open his account in the first two matches for the Middle-East club, Ronaldo scored his first goal for Al Nassr in the team’s previous league match. After ending the duck against Al Fateh last week, the Portuguese footballer, who celebrated his 38th birthday on Sunday (February 9), scored for the second game in a row, and this time he scored all four goals.
He opened the scoring in the 21st minute of the game and then scored another in the 40th minute. Ronaldo, who joined Al Nassr’s in a record deal of 200 million euros per year, completed his 61st career hat-trick in the 53rd minute of the game when he converted the spot kick. Ronaldo’s final goal of the match came in the 61st minute.
It was Ronaldo’s third league match for Al Nassr, and he now has five goals to his name. With his four goals on Thursday, Ronaldo has now scored 500 goals in league football, and his hat-trick was his 31st since turning 30
With the win over Al Wehda, Al Nassr regains the No. 1 spot in the Saudi Professional League points table. They have 37 points from 16 matches. Al Shabab also has the same number of points, but they have played one extra match, and also due to a better goal difference, Al Nassr sits at the top. On the other hand, Thursday’s thrashing was Al Wehda’s ninth league defeat in 16 matches played this season so far. They are ranked 13th out of 16 teams in the point standings.
