Ronaldo scores second hat-trick in 3 days in Al Nassr’s Saudi league win | Football News

Ronaldo leads the Saudi league’s goal-scoring chart with 29 targets, however Al Nassr path Al Hilal by 12 factors.

Cristiano Ronaldo notched his second hat-trick within the area of 72 hours as Al Nassr routed Abha 8-0 within the Saudi Professional League.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored three targets and recorded two assists within the first half for the nine-time Saudi Arabian champions on Tuesday.

The hat-trick was his third of the league season following his treble in Saturday’s 5-1 win over Al Tai. The Portugal ahead leads the league with 29 targets.

Ronaldo’s first two targets on Tuesday got here from free kicks. With 11 minutes on the clock, he opened the scoring with a low shot from a central place simply exterior the realm. The second got here 10 minutes later when he curled the ball across the wall from the left aspect.

Ronaldo then assisted Sadio Mane for Al Nassr’s third simply after the half-hour, pulling the ball again from the left for the previous Liverpool ahead to attain.

Three minutes earlier than the break, Ronaldo accomplished the hat-trick with an exquisite chip from exterior the realm as he ran in direction of purpose. There was nonetheless sufficient time within the first half for Ronaldo to slide the ball to his proper for Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim to attain into an open purpose from shut vary.

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The star was taken off on the break, although Al Nassr continued to seek out the goal. Saudi Arabian worldwide Abdulrahman Ghareeb added a sixth quickly after the restart and substitute Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa scored two extra.

Regardless of the win, Al Nassr are nonetheless second, 12 factors behind runaway leaders Al Hilal, with eight video games remaining.

Al Hilal introduced earlier within the day that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, second behind Ronaldo with 22 targets, is more likely to miss the remainder of the season by means of damage.