Second in the standings behind Al Ittihad just one point away (50-49), but theAl Nasser Of Cristiano Ronaldo proves to have players with limited technical skills. Which is why it is right to think that Middle Eastern football is light years away from the European one. The victory for the CR7 team came away from home in the last round 5-1, before the success againstAbha. A difficult victory for Al Nassr, which came from a comeback in the last minutes after the initial deficit in the first half. Ronaldo took care of evening the score in the 78th minute with a free-kick from a very long distance which also revealed the very low level of the opposing goalkeeper.
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Ronaldo, 8 goals in 9 games. But low level in Saudi League
After the goal, the 38-year-old Portuguese striker made sweeping gestures towards the crowd, charging them with the ball for the final siege, like the true leader he feels even in his declining end-of-career adventure. And the success came just before the end, thanks to a penalty that CR7 generously handed over to his team mate Talisca, who can thus continue to chase the title of top scorer in the league. It is hard for Ronaldo, who has reached nine goals in eight games played, to be part of a team whose technical level is decidedly low: the champion from Madeira, despite all his efforts, is really unable to accept the blunders of his teammates and the body language gives it away.
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The “nausea” Ronaldo
It also happened in the last match, when he saw the ball advance on the trocar Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, 28-year-old Saudi midfielder. Cristiano was stationed in the center of the area waiting for a good ball, but instead he watched in horror at a shot from outside the area that sent the ball to sidereal height. As the ball rounded into a corner, images showed a nauseated Ronaldo, motionless with his hands resting on his hips.
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