VIDEO: Ronaldo scores his first goal, converting a penalty. He burned two more big chances, but was robbed of his second goal by an offside

Friday night offered another Cristiano Ronaldo match in the Saudi Arabian league. His Al-Nassr this time went to the ground of Al-Fateh, a team we would have been looking for in the middle of the table before the game. How did the Portuguese do?

Cristiano Ronaldo has had another game in a new environment. Specifically, his third competitive one. But if anyone was expecting Saudi Arabian football to be an easy treat for him, they were sorely mistaken.

The Portuguese legend still can’t seem to catch on. In the first two games, he faced criticism, even from coach Rudi Garcia. In the second, even the fans in the stadium sang Lionel Messi’s name.

Ronaldo’s performance was associated with the phrase “ghosting”, which of course was meant to signify his invisibility in matches. However, in the third match he was already a little bit visible. He got his chances, but other than that, he didn’t really shine

In the 24th minute he came close to scoring his first goal in his new engagement, after some spectacular work he used the time and space to create a goal scoring opportunity, which he took advantage of. However, he was offside and the goal was disallowed.

Around ten minutes later, after a good combination, he had a great chance after his teammate Anderson Talisca also hit the bar due to an intervention. The ball bounced off the bar and straight to Ronaldo’s feet.

In his best form, the Portuguese would definitely have taken advantage of a similar opportunity. But now he shot high over the bar and then desperately flapped his arms.

Ronaldo had another chance at the end of the first act. It was presented to him almost on a golden platter almost to the penalty spot, but instead of going into the net, the shot of the holder of five Ballons d’Or flew into the crossbar.

The gesture of his teammate, who passed him the chance, was telling.

Ronaldo was almost nowhere to be seen in the second half. He was shown a yellow card. However, in stoppage time, his teammates won a penalty kick and for a while it looked like the Al-Nassr captain would not play it.

However, he eventually came to take the ball and slotted the penalty into the net to level the game at 2-2. He had mastered a crucial moment.

It is interesting to look at the statistics. Ronaldo completed only 2 successful dribbles out of 7. He made only 17 successful passes in the whole 90 minutes and more or less did not stand out. On the contrary.

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