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Cristiano Ronaldo Free-Kick Trick Helps Alex Telles Score For Al Nassr Against Al-Wehda

A clever free-kick trick performed by Cristiano Ronaldo helped teammate Alex Telles score brilliantly for Al Nassr against Al-Wehda in the Saudi Pro League.

Robert Summerscales

Cristiano Ronaldo Free-Kick Trick Helps Alex Telles Score For Al Nassr Against Al-Wehda
Cristiano Ronaldo Free-Kick Trick Helps Alex Telles Score For Al Nassr Against Al-Wehda /

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most iconic free-kick takers in soccer history.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star has scored 61 goals from direct free-kicks during his illustrious career.

Therefore, many fans were caught by surprise on Saturday when Ronaldo allowed teammate Alex Telles to shoot after Al Nassr had been awarded a free-kick 27 yards from goal against Al-Wehda.

Ronaldo played the role of decoy.

He stood in his trademark stance as if he was going to shoot and even started his run-up. But before Ronaldo had reached the ball, Telles whipped a fine strike past a baffled goalkeeper.

That goal put Al Nassr 1-0 up in the 11th minute.

Ronaldo was back on free-kick-taking duties 17 minutes later after his team had been awarded a foul more than 30 yards from the Al-Wehda goal.

The 38-year-old took an extended run-up before attempting a very ambitious shot from long range.

Ronaldo landed his effort on target, forcing the Al-Wehda keeper into a smart save.

Al Nassr went on to win 3-1. Ronaldo scored his team's third goal of the game - his 13th Saudi Pro League goal of the season.

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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.