Kathmandu, April5: Portuguese veteran forward Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice to guide Al Nassr to a brilliant victory in the Saudi Pro League. In the match held on Friday night, Al Nassr defeated Al Hilal 3-1.
Ronaldo scored twice for Al Nassr, while Ali Al-Hassan added another. For Al Hilal, Abdullah Al-Ali managed to pull one goal back.
Al Nassr took an early lead in the fourth minute of first-half injury time when Al-Hassan scored from a Brozovic assist. Just two minutes into the second half, Ronaldo doubled the lead with a goal from SadioMané’s pass.
In the 62nd minute, Al-Ali headed in a goal to bring Al Hilal back into the game, making it 2-1. However, in the 88th minute, Ronaldo calmly converted a penalty to seal a 3-1 win for Al Nassr.
With this victory, Al Nassr climbed to third place on the league table with 54 points from 26 matches. Al Hilal, with 57 points from the same number of games, remains in second place.
