In the 12th week of the Saudi Pro League, Al Nassr defeated Al-Kholood 5-3 at home. Despite falling behind in the match, the home team stayed in the game, with Cristiano Ronaldo playing the lead role in the victory by scoring a hat-trick in the second half.
With these three goals, the Portuguese star increased his total career goal count to 985. Ronaldo needs 15 more goals to reach his long-awaited milestone of 1000 goals.
TWO GOALS RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE
Two goals scored by Ronaldo in the first half of the match were not allowed. While his goals in the 10th and 45+4th minutes were disallowed due to offside, the 40-year-old footballer scored all three of his goals in the second half.
Al Nassr's other goals were scored by Angelo and Sadio Mane. For the visiting team Al-Kholood, Julien Domingues found the net twice, while Antoin Loic Essomba also scored one goal.
With this result, Al Nassr increased its points to 28 and continued to trail the league leader Al-Qadsiah, who has the same number of points. Al-Kholood, meanwhile, suffered its fifth consecutive defeat and remained at 12 points.
News Source: 12punto
