Ronaldo scored the perfect hat-trick
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After two defeats, Al Nassr finally won the first three points in the Saudi League 2023-2024. With the addition of central defender Aymeric Laporte and $65 million midfielder Otavio, the away team's strength compared to the home team helped them win even though it didn't seem to be fully released. Ronaldo and Sadio Mane took turns scoring all five goals, with simple shots from close range at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi.
After two games without scoring, Ronaldo also shined when he scored the first four goals against the home team. In the 27th minute, he received Marcelo Brozovic's pass with a heel loop to create a one-touch assist through the opponent's centre-backs, allowing Mane to dive down to open the scoring. The audience of the away team lit flares, as Ronaldo and Mane hugged each other and danced to celebrate the table. That was Ronaldo's fourth assist this year, after 32 matches in all competitions.
What Ronaldo did better was to score and he scored his first hat-trick in exactly six months, even though all three goals came from within 5.5 yards. In the 38th minute, defender Sultan Al Ghannam hung the ball from the right for Ronaldo to head into the net without being included at a distance of about 4 meters. He jumped to meet his first goal in the Saudi League this season, but did not celebrate in the same way on the other two goals.
In the 55th minute, midfielder Abdulrahman Ghareeb rushed down to face the goalkeeper but did not shoot but passed the ball to Ronaldo to cushion the ball into an empty net. At the end of the match, Ayman Yahya stretched to the second column for Ronaldo to score a simple goal to complete the hat-trick. In both of these tables, he ran to hug the assist.
