Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their fourth aim to finish his hat-trick.
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Cristiano Ronaldo notched his second hat trick in the house of 72 hours as Al-Nassr routed Abha 8-0 in the Saudi Pro League on Tuesday.
The five-time Ballon D’Or winner scored three targets and recorded two assists in the primary half for the nine-time Saudi Arabian champions.
The hat trick was his third of the league season following his treble in Saturday’s 5-1 win over Al-Tai. The Portugal star leads the league with 29 targets.
Ronaldo’s first two targets Tuesday got here from free-kicks. With 11 minutes on the clock, he opened the scoring with a low shot from a central place simply outdoors the realm. The second got here 10 minutes later when he curled the ball across the wall from the left aspect.
Ronaldo then assisted Sadio Mané for Al-Nassr’s third simply after the half-hour, pulling the ball again from the left for the previous Liverpool ahead to attain.
Three minutes earlier than the break, Ronaldo then accomplished the hat trick with a good looking chip from outdoors the realm as he ran towards aim. There was nonetheless sufficient time in the first-half for Ronaldo to slide the ball to his proper for Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim to attain into an open aim from shut vary.
The star was taken off on the break although Al-Nassr continued to search out the goal. Saudi Arabian worldwide Abdulrahman Ghareeb added a sixth quickly after the restart and substitute Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa scored two extra.
Despite the win, Al-Nassr continues to be in second, 12 factors behind runaway chief Al-Hilal with eight video games remaining.
Al-Hilal introduced earlier in the day that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, second behind Ronaldo with 22 targets, is prone to miss the remainder of the season via harm.
