Cristiano Ronaldo was one of the goals, because Al-Nassr claimed a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Al-Raed to move within five points from the Saudi Pro League top.
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Match report
Ronaldo hit the deep free kick from Marcelo Brozovic to the right corner in the 35th minute and put Al-Nassr at the top against opponents just outside the relegation zone.
The Portugal legend then became the provider for Nawaf BU Washl to double the visit of the visitors early in the second half, and they clung for three points despite Amir Sayoud the arrears with 14 minutes to play.
Al-Nassr, who is said to be close to signing Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran and also shown interest in Kaoru Mitoma from Brighton, jumped al-Qadisiyah to become third.
They are five points behind Al-Hilal and Al-STIHAD, but played an extra game, so they could find themselves eight points on Drift when those parties go up the field on Saturday.
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– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) January 30, 2025
Earlier on Thursday, an Ivan Toney Penalty Al-Ahli who only stood three points behind him defeated 2-0.
Toney is now a maximum of seven goals for the campaign, with two of those from the place. Ziyad Aljohani also scored for Al-Ahli, who have now won three consecutive games.
Data Debrief: Ronaldo leads the road
Ronaldo's 15th goal of the Saudi Pro League season pulled him two free from former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema at the top of the score cards.
Those strikes came in 17 trips and he scored four times in his last three in the competition. However, when matching his single-season competition record of 35, based in 2023-24, a big task looks.
Ronaldo on average 1.13 goals per game last campaign, but that figure has fallen to 0.88 in 2024-25. He might also have added his count on Thursday to try seven out of 17 shots of his team.
The five-fold balloon d'Or winner now has 921 career goals for Club and Land, while he continues to inchegen to the monument of 1,000 goals.
Line-ups
Al Raed XI: Amir Sayoud, Abeid, Saleh al-Amri, Hamad al-Jayzani, Abdullah al-Yousif, Yousri Bouzok, Meshary Sanyor, Zakaria Hawsawi, Mobarak al-Rajeh, Salomon Tweh, Abdullah Hazazi
Subs: Nayef Hazazi, Mathias Normann, Raed al-Ghamdi, Saleh al-Ohymid, Yahya Sunbul, Moses Turay, Nawaf al-Sahli, Anas al-Zahrani, Khalid al-Subaie
Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Brozovic, Mane, Otávio, Sultan al-Ghannam, Ali Lajami, Ali Al-Hassan, Mohamed Simakan, Bento, Nawaf al-Boushal, ângelo
Subs: Mohammed al-Fatil, Abdulmajeed al-Sulayhim, Raghed al-Najjar, Ayman Yahya, Mohammed Marran, Salem Al Najdi, Majed Qasheshes, Mubarak al-BUINAIN
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