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Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First Goal At Mrsool Park As Long-Range Free-Kick Helps Al Nassr Beat Abha In Saudi Pro League

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first ever goal at Mrsool Park as Al Nassr beat Abha 2-1. Ronaldo found the net with a powerful free-kick from long-range.

Robert Summerscales

Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First Goal At Mrsool Park As Long-Range Free-Kick Helps Al Nassr Beat Abha In Saudi Pro League
Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First Goal At Mrsool Park As Long-Range Free-Kick Helps Al Nassr Beat Abha In Saudi Pro League /

Al Nassr 2-1 Abha

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first ever goal at Mrsool Park as Al Nassr beat Abha for the second time in a week.

Ronaldo had netted eight times in his first nine games for Al Nassr but all of those goals had come in away matches.

His first home goal for Al Nassr arrived from a spectacular free-kick 78 minutes into Saturday's Saudi Pro League game.

Ronaldo's long-range leveler came after Abdulfattah Adam had fired Abha into a shock lead midway through the first half.

Moments after Al Nassr's equalizer, Abha were reduced to 10 men when Zakaria Al Sudani picked up his second yellow card of the evening.

Ronaldo and Co then made their numerical advantage count in the 86th minute when Talisca converted a penalty kick to seal a 2-1 victory.

Cristiano Ronaldo pictured celebrating after a VAR review confirmed his second goal in Al Nassr's Saudi Pro League game against Al-Wehda in February 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first home goal of his Al Nassr career on Saturday :: Saudi Sports Company SSC/Twitter/@ssc_sports

Al Nassr had beaten Abha 3-1 in the King Cup five days earlier.

Ronaldo lost his temper during that game and was shown a yellow card for throwing a mini tantrum at half-time.

But he was in a much better mood after Saturday's game, which was witnessed live by 25,000 fans in Riyadh.

Saturday's win kept Al Nassr just one point behind rivals Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League title race.

SEE MORE: Watch Every Cristiano Ronaldo Goal For Al Nassr In 2022/23 Saudi Pro League

Cristiano Ronaldo pictured (right) standing over a free-kick before scoring his first ever goal at Mrsool Park in Al Nassr's 2-1 win over Abha in March 2023
Ronaldo's goal came direct from a long-range free-kick in a 2-1 win over Abha :: Saudi Sports Company SSC/Twitter/@ssc_sports
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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.