Cristiano Ronaldo ended his 300-minute scoring drought with Al Nassr, scoring a goal against Al Ain in the AFC Champions League.
Before this goal, Ronaldo failed to score in his last 3 matches in 3 different tournaments, against Esteghlal in the Champions League, Al Hilal in the league, and Al Taawoun in the King’s Cup.
Criticism against the Don escalated after he missed a penalty kick against Al Taawoun, which was the reason for Al Nassr’s exit from the competition in the round of 16, then the lackluster performance he showed against Al Hilal.
Ronaldo’s goal against Al Ain
But against Al Ain, Ronaldo looked at his best and responded to the criticism, as he gave Al Nassr the second goal in the 37th minute.
Ronaldo took advantage of a shot that Khalid Issa blocked and rebounded to him to put it in the net, and with it the celebrations of Stefano Pioli’s battalion increased.
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Number of Ronaldo’s goals with Al-Nassr this season
With this goal, Ronaldo raised his tally to 10 goals in 14 matches in all tournaments this season so far, to be the top scorer for the “Knight of Najd”.
This is the third goal for the 39-year-old this season in the AFC Champions League for the elite, as he also scored 6 goals in the Saudi League and two goals in the Saudi Super Cup.
The result of the Al-Nassr and Al-Ain match in the AFC Champions League 2024-25
Al-Nassr defeated Al-Ain at the “Al-Awal Park” stadium 5-1 in a match whose first hero was Anderson Talisca.
The Brazilian star scored two goals, and in addition to Ronaldo’s goal, Wesley scored a goal and Fabio Cardoso scored another by mistake in his own goal, while Al-Ain’s only goal came through goalkeeper Pinto by mistake in his own goal as well.
Thanks to this result, Al-Nassr reached ten points, with which it occupies third place behind the leading duo Al-Hilal and Al-Ahly (12 points each).
Al Ain’s balance froze at one point and is at the bottom of the group, and it is expected that Hernan Crespo will be dismissed due to the recent disastrous results.
