Cristiano Ronaldo only needed 42 minutes to open his goal account with Al-Nassr in 2025.
The Portuguese international participated in Stefano Pioli’s team’s 3-1 victory over Al-Akhdoud on Thursday in the Saudi League.
Ronaldo succeeded in scoring his first goal in the new year from a penalty kick, raising his number of goals this season in the Roshen League to 11 goals.
شاهد هدف كريستيانو رونالدو أمام الأخدود في دوري روشن السعودي 📺#العربية_رياضة pic.twitter.com/qq2YCg9hi8
— العربية رياضة (@AlArabiyaSports) January 9, 2025
The 39-year-old is ranked second in the Saudi League’s top scorers this season, one goal behind Al-Hilal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
This goal was Ronaldo’s 60th with Al-Nassr in 60 league matches, becoming the third fastest player to reach this number after Morocco’s Abderrazak Hamdallah (51 matches) and Syria’s Omar Al-Somah (52 matches).
At the same time, Ronaldo quarreled with Al-Akhdoud player Naif Asiri in the final moments of the match that was held at the first park stadium.
Ronaldo was talking to Asiri about a joint ball, and the Saudi player responded by pushing him in the face, which led to a fight between them and several players intervening to calm the situation down.
📹 مشادة بين رونالدو ونايف عسيري #دوري_روشن_السعودي#النصر_الأخدود | #SSC pic.twitter.com/XaFT186Luq
— SSC (@ssc_sports) January 9, 2025
