Cristiano Ronaldo (38, Al-Nasr) scored his debut goal in Saudi Arabia’s professional football from a penalty kick.

Ronaldo started as a front-line striker in the 2022-2023 season Saudi Professional League away game against Alphatech at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium in Alhasa, Saudi Arabia on the 4th (Korean time) and played full-time, scoring the equalizer in extra time in the second half. and saved Al-Nasr from the brink of defeat.

When Al Nasr was drawn 1-2 and lost, teammate Jallolidin Masharifov won a penalty kick in the penalty area due to a foul by the opposing defender in a free kick opportunity, and Ronaldo stepped up as the kicker and finished it calmly with his right foot. .

The goal was Ronaldo’s first goal for Al Nasr.

Ronaldo signed a contract with Al-Nassr until 2025 at the end of December last year at an annual salary of 75 million dollars (approximately 93.8 billion won) after terminating the contract after a disagreement with his former team, Manchester United (England).

However, after his Saudi League debut against Al Iti Park on the 23rd (1-0 win), four days later in the 2022 Saudi Super Cup semi-final against Al Ittihad (1-3 loss), he did not taste the goal even after playing full-time. couldn’t

Ronaldo scored only two goals in a friendly match between Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal All-Stars and Paris Saint-Germain (France) on the 20th of last month. The match ended with Paris Saint-Germain winning 5-4.

Even though it was a penalty kick, Ronaldo, who scored his first goal in the Saudi league, picked up the ball without any special ceremony and ran toward the center circle. 스포츠토토

Al-Nasr kept the lead with 34 points (10 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss) as they drew that day. It has the same points as second place Al-Shabaab (10 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses), who played one more game, but was ahead in goal loss.