Cristiano Ronaldo marked the beforehand unheralded twelfth anniversary of his now well-known ‘Siu’ celebration with a hat-trick in Al-Nassr’s 4-0 thrashing of Rio Ave.
The 40-year-old, who topped the Saudi Professional League scoring charts final time period with 25 targets, was helped within the demolition of the aspect from his homeland by his Portuguese colleague, new recruit Joao Felix.
The previous Chelsea ahead, who accomplished a £26million transfer final month, assisted two of Ronaldo’s strikes and three on the evening, with the primary coming after solely quarter-hour by way of intelligent headed knockdown.
Ronaldo grabbed his first after combining with Felix on the sting of the field earlier than firing into the close to submit earlier than the break.
The previous Manchester United and Actual Madrid star had the possibility to get his second when Nelson Abbey dealt with inside the world simply after the hour, however the Al-Nassr skipper as a substitute handed the spot-kick to former Liverpool man Sadio Mane. However his tame effort was simply saved by Rio Ave stopper Cezary Miszta.
Fortunately for the Saudi Professional League outfit, Ronaldo was readily available to move residence simply 16 seconds after the miss and he would get his third solely 5 minutes later when Felix and felled within the space and he transformed Al-Nassr’s second spot kick of the match.
Cristaino Ronaldo netted a hat-trick in Al-Nassr’s 4-0 thrashing of Rio Ave on Thursday evening
The 40-year-old was helped within the demolition of the aspect from his homeland by his Portuguese colleague Joao Felix
Felix helped himself to a few assists, two of them for Ronaldo, within the thumping victory
Ronaldo’s compatriot Jorge Jesus changed Stefano Pioli final month with the target of ending Al-Nassr’s anticipate the Saudi title.
The membership have didn’t win main honours since Ronaldo’s blockbuster transfer in 2022.
Following the marquee addition of Felix, this week, stories claimed that Al-Nassr are inquisitive about signing Newcastle goal Yoane Wissa.
Wissa netted 19 Premier League targets for Brentford final season and has additionally attracted curiosity from the likes of Tottenham and Nottingham Forest.
Former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran departed Al-Nassr on mortgage this summer time simply months after finishing a profitable swap to the gulf state membership.
As such, Jesus’ aspect are on the hunt for attacking reinforcements to associate the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane within the star-studded crew.
After initially being linked with a transfer away from the membership after once more failing to safe a league title win in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo finally signed a bumper new two-year cope with Al-Nassr in June.
The brand new phrases, which can take him previous his forty second birthday, reportedly embody an eye-watering fundamental wage of £488,000-a-day.
