Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal helped Al Nassr win 2-1 against Al Fateh in round 20 of the Saudi Pro League on the evening of February 17. This is Al Nassr’s 5th consecutive win.

Against Al Fateh who is in poor form, Al Nassr has a great chance to win all 3 points at home ground Mrsool Park. The home team fielded its strongest lineup with attacking stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane or Otavio.

Applying pressure from the beginning of the match, Al Nassr opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Left back Sultan made a precise cross for Ronado to score with an accurate one-touch shot past the opponent’s goalkeeper, opening the score 1-0. for Al Nassr.

However, just 3 minutes later, Salem Al Najdi made a quick connection without giving goalkeeper Al Nassr any chance, equalizing 1-1. In the following minutes, Al Fateh attacked vigorously but could not get the second goal in the first half.

In the second half, Al Fateh continuously pressed the field and made Al Nassr’s defense constantly wobble. On the day goalkeeper Walleed Ali played excellently, Al Nassr was lucky not to concede another goal and opened up an opportunity to counterattack to finish off the opponent.

Left back Sultan had an accurate cross so Otavio could head in to increase the score to 2-1 for Al Nassr in the 72nd minute. The solidity of the defense helped Al Nassr preserve a hard-fought 2-1 victory.

Al Nassr had their 5th consecutive victory in the Saudi Arabia (Saudi Pro League), they continue to rank second with 49 points/20 matches, 4 points behind rival Al Hilal (just played 19 matches).

For his part, Ronaldo has scored 875 goals in 1,206 matches in his career. In the Saudi Pro League alone, he scored 35 goals and assisted 11 times in just 35 matches.