WATCH: Cristiano Ronaldo stretchered off in tears after firing Al Nassr to first Arab Club Champions Cup
Ronaldo's injury worries Al Nassr as well as the fans.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Source: Getty)
Cristiano Ronaldo fired his team to win the Arab Club Champions Cup. He scored the equalizer and then the match-winner in extra time to give hope to his fans. Just five minutes after scoring the winner, the Portuguese sustained an injury. Consequently, he had tears in his eyes as he was being stretched off since he couldn’t contribute further to his name.
Ronaldo lifted his first trophy with Al-Nassr in style. As he became the top scorer in the competition with six goals. While the club has not released an official statement on the player’s fitness, the fans will surely be worried about their star’s fitness.
Ronaldo has had a superstar arrival in Saudi as his transfer opened the gates for some of the game’s biggest names to also move to the Middle East. The Portuguese star has also surpassed Gerd Muller‘s records for most headed goals in football. Netting the ball 145 times with his head, in his career. Manchester United‘s youngster Alejandro Garnacho also sent a powerful message to him.
Ronaldo also thanked his supporters in a social media post, saying his victory also belonged to them. It can be seen that the victory meant a lot to him as he had been at his best fitness level even at the age of 38.
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Ronaldo wins his first trophy with Al Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo has won almost everything a professional could in his time in Europe. Nonetheless, the passionate player joyfully danced after winning his first trophy with his new club. The victory was not easy for Ronaldo as his club against Al-Hilal as they had to fight with ten men until the final whistle.
Ronaldo confessed earlier that he was moving to a new challenge in his hunger for trophies. He believes his club can become top-tier worldwide due to his belief in the club’s ambitions as the 27-year player had done the Ronaldo celebration, which seemed to fire the legend up into scoring a late goal to win the fixture.
“Extremely proud to have helped the club win the important trophy for the first time,” said Ronaldo via his socials. As a new era starts for Al-Nassr. It will be exciting to see if his ongoing performances can now create a more significant impact for the Saudi Club.
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Syed Talib Haider
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