A number of activists in Saudi Arabia and abroad celebrated the first goal of the world star and Saudi Al-Nasr player, Cristiano Ronaldo, in the stadium of his team, Marsool Park, and Twitter was filled with publications praising the goal and describing it as “legendary.”
On Saturday, Ronaldo led his team to a 2-1 victory over its rival, Abha, to stay a point away from the leaders Al-Ittihad, who swept its host Al-Fateh 5-1, in the twenty-first stage of the Saudi Football League.
Ronaldo’s goal came from a wonderful long-range free kick, low to the right of the goalkeeper in the 78th minute, paving the way for the victory that Brazilian Anderson Talisca snatched from a late penalty kick (86), after Abha advanced in the first half through Abdel Fattah Adam (26).
Ronaldo, 38, raised his tally to 9 goals in the league since his arrival at the beginning of the year after terminating his contract with Manchester United, but this was his first at Marsoll Park, according to Reuters.
The English presenter, Piers Morgan, praised Ronaldo’s goal and described the player as the greatest of all time, and wrote on his Twitter account, “Goats never lose him.”
“Goat” means “goat” in English, and is considered a colloquial abbreviation of the phrase “greatst of all time”, which means the greatest of all time.
With that result, Al-Nasr raised its tally to 49 points, behind Al-Ittihad, with a point, nine stages before the end of the season.
The final meters promise excitement between Al-Nasr, who aspired for the first title in the league since 2019, and Al-Ittihad since 2009, amidst also the lurking of Al-Shabab, who is six points behind the leaders, according to “Reuters”.
