Having an away trip to Al-Shabab Stadium, Al-Nassr is still rated higher than their opponents thanks to their superior force. And as expected, Ronaldo ‘s team brought a rain of goals to their opponents. In particular, Ronaldo soon put Al-Nassr in the lead in the 18th minute from the 11 meter mark and won 3-2.
During this entire match, Ronaldo continuously listened to the chants of “Messi, Messi” in the stands. In the celebration at the end of the match, the Portuguese superstar also took a sensitive action towards the crowd that was teasing him.
Ronaldo reacted when provoked (Photo: screenshot)
After the opening whistle, Ronaldo soon opened the scoring on the 11 meter mark when the opponent touched the ball in the penalty area in the 18th minute. This goal also saw Ronaldo have 751 days without defeat on the 11 meter mark with 18 scored consecutively.
Ronaldo has not yet tasted defeat on the penalty spot for 751 consecutive days (Photo: Reuters)
When the first half was about to end, it seemed that the favorable result would be preserved by Al-Nassr, but Al-Shabab equalized in the last minute of ιnjury time when Laporte fouled in the penalty area to give the host a penalty kιck.
Returning after the break, the second half saw a rain of goals as the two teams chased the score. In the 47th minute, Talisca beautifully scored a low shot from the edge of the penalty area to help Al-Nassr take the lead once again with a score of 2-1.
Just 20 minutes later, Carlos Junior found space to score to equalize 2-2 for Al Shabab.
In the 87th minute, Talisca once again shined with another low shot to seal the 3-2 victory. But before the match officially ended, Abdullah Radif received his second yellow card in the match (indirect red card to leave the field at 90+12 minutes.
Talisca (94) completed a double to help Al-Nassr win 3-2 against Al-Shabab (Photo: Reuters)
In the end, Al-Nassr won 3-2 and increased the score after 21 rounds to 52, temporarily shortening the gap with Al-Hilal to 4 points when playing more than 1 match.
In the next match, Ronaldo and his teammates will meet Al-Hazm in round 22 on March 1. If he wins in the next round, Ronaldo will reach the milestone of 800 wins in his career.