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Ronaldo starts with a win after Saudi Al Nassr move

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By Web Desk Published January 23, 2023 5 Min Read
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Cristiano Ronaldo made a winning start to life in the Saudi Pro League as he led Al Nassr to a 1-0 victory over Ettifaq on Sunday in his first match since becoming the best-paid footballer in history.

The Portuguese superstar didn’t score, but there were promising signs for Al Nassr, who are eyeing domestic and continental silverware after the 37-year-old moved for deals totaling more than 400 million euros.

However, Ronaldo’s league debut had an anticlimactic feel in front of 22,862 fans after he scored twice in this week’s lively 5-4 exhibition defeat to Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain.

“He’s one of the best players in the history of football, so it’s very important for us to do everything possible to put him in the best condition,” said Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia.

“I want him to enjoy playing, and tonight he was happy to play for the first time with his new team.”

Ronaldo, leading out Al Nassr as captain, made a low-key start in the first half, twice losing the ball with attempted trickery as his teammates struggled to get him on the ball.

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— نادي النصر السعودي (@AlNassrFC) January 22, 2023

Ronaldo’s early shot from the edge of the box was deflected over, and he nearly met Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem’s cross headed in by Anderson Talisca for the game’s only goal in 31 minutes.

Shortly afterward, Ronaldo, met by shouts of “Siu!” every time he touched the ball, blazed over with a free kick from an inviting position just outside the penalty area.

Al Nassr’s front three began to click in the second half, and Ronaldo set up Pity Martinez and Talisca — after some trademark stepovers — for close chances in quick succession.

A swing and a miss at a bicycle kick showed Ronaldo was warming to his task, and he then attempted a shot from a nearly impossible angle after a dribble into the box.

But there was to be no goal for Ronaldo, watched by his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, in a win that kept Al Nassr on top of the Saudi Pro League.

  • All-time great –

Ronaldo arrived in oil-rich Saudi Arabia in early January. Still, his debut was delayed while he served a two-match ban for knocking a mobile phone out of a fan’s hand while at Manchester United.

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— نادي النصر السعودي (@AlNassrFC) January 22, 2023

The move to Saudi is a step down for Ronaldo, an undisputable all-time great who has continually delivered on football’s biggest stages and amassed an astonishing haul of the team and personal honors.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is the all-time Champions League top-scorer, collecting five titles along the way, and has won seven domestic championships with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

Ronaldo also holds the record for international goals — 118 with Portugal, with whom he won Euro 2016 — and career goals with 819. In Qatar last year, he became the first man to score at five World Cups.

His shock move to Al Nassr came after his second stint at Manchester United collapsed in acrimony when he savaged the club in a TV interview.

According to a source close to Al Nassr, he signed for more than 200 million euros on top of a separate 200-million-euro deal to act as an ambassador for Saudi Arabia’s expected 2030 World Cup co-hosting bid.

It will further swell the bank balance of Ronaldo, who became the first footballer to pass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020.

His massive social media presence is part of his appeal, with nearly 800 million followers across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

However, activist groups, including Amnesty International, have criticized his transfer, which warned he was becoming a “tool of Saudi’s sports washing” of its “appalling human rights record.”” (AFP)

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