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Watch Stunning Goal-Line Clearance Stop Cristiano Ronaldo From Scoring Against Al-Batin

Cristiano Ronaldo looked stunned after Al-Batin left-back Abdullah Al-Yousef produced a brilliant sliding clearance to stop him scoring for Al Nassr on Friday.

Robert Summerscales

Watch Stunning Goal-Line Clearance Stop Cristiano Ronaldo From Scoring Against Al-Batin
Watch Stunning Goal-Line Clearance Stop Cristiano Ronaldo From Scoring Against Al-Batin /

Cristiano Ronaldo was stunned after Al-Batin left-back Abdullah Al-Yousef produced a brilliant sliding clearance to stop him from scoring for Al Nassr.

Ronaldo looked nailed-on to score his ninth Saudi Pro League goal of the season after he had dribbled around the Al-Batin keeper in the 34th minute of Friday's game.

But Al-Yousef raced back and got to the ball just before it reached the goal.

Watch a video of the incident below.

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It looked for much of the game as though Al-Yousef's brilliant clearance was going to help Al-Batin record only their second Saudi Pro League win of the season.

The underdogs had taken an early lead courtesy of a 17th-minute header from Uruguayan striker Renzo Lopez.

Al-Batin held that lead until deep into the second half when Al Nassr struck three goals in stoppage time to earn a 3-1 win to stay top of the table.

None of those goals were scored or assisted by Ronaldo but the former Real Madrid forward was visibly delighted by his team's late comeback.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.