Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of successful the Saudi league title with Al-Nassr got a shot within the arm on Wednesday when leaders Ittihad misplaced 2-1 to Al-Taawoun.
Ittihad are nonetheless within the driver’s seat on 59 factors, three forward of Al Nassr, with 5 video games left to play. Ittihad even have the higher hand within the head-to-head file between the edges this season.
Fahd Al-Rashidi scored as soon as in every half to offer Al-Taawoun a 2-0 lead earlier than Abderrazak Hamdallah replied within the 76th minute.
Ronaldo, who has scored 12 league targets since becoming a member of Al-Nassr in January, additionally posted a photograph on Twitter with Al-Nassr’s motto “ANA AALAMY” in Arabic within the early hours on Thursday.
انا_عالمي #ANA_AALAMY
💛💙 pic.twitter.com/tgmxYeGKN4— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 3, 2023
Earlier, on April 29, Ronaldo scored his first objective in 4 video games on Friday to assist Al-Nassr to a 4-0 win over Al-Raed, preserving alive the staff’s slim Saudi Professional League title hopes.
With 5 matches remaining this season, Al-Nassr stay second within the league, three factors behind leaders Al-Ittihad having performed a sport greater than their rivals.
Ronaldo, who joined Al-Nassr in January on a contract estimated by the media to be value greater than 200 million euros ($220 million), had regarded disgruntled in latest weeks as Al-Nassr failed to attain in three straight video games.