Al-nassr Vs Al-hazem: Cristiano Ronaldo brace sends Al-Nassr to top
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al-Nassr beat Al-Hazem 4-0 on Saturday (21st), a win that pushed them to the top of the Saudi Pro League and completed an eighth straight league victory in the al-nassr vs al-hazem clash.
Al-nassr Vs Al-hazem: Ronaldo’s opener cleared after VAR
The 41-year-old Portugal forward gave the home side the lead after 13 minutes when Kingsley Coman found him in a crowded penalty area; Ronaldo took a touch with his right before clipping a left-foot effort into the far corner. The goal was confirmed after a VAR check for offside and was described in one account as his 500th since turning 30, although another report later listed the same strike as his 501st — a discrepancy in the counts across match summaries.
How the scoring sequence developed
Al-Nassr doubled the lead on the half-hour mark when João Félix set up Coman after a swift passing move, and Ronaldo had a goal ruled out for offside just before the break. Zaied was beaten from the first effort at 13 minutes after Coman’s pass. After Ronaldo was denied again by an offside flag, Angelo made it 3-0 in the 77th minute with a fine individual run from inside his own half (one account spells his name as Ângelo). Ronaldo finally got his second with 10 minutes to go, latching on to a short pass from Coman on the left side of the penalty area before drilling an angled drive that stood following a VAR review.
Standings, points and on-field discipline
The victory moved Jorge Jesus’ team back to the top of the Saudi Pro League and marked the club’s eighth consecutive league win; one summary put Al-Nassr on 55 points. Their position at the summit followed Al-Hilal being held to a 1-1 draw at home by 10-man Al Ittihad, with Al-Ittihad reduced to 10 men from the ninth minute of the first half. One account listed Simone Inzaghi’s team on 54 points, while Sérgio Conceição’s men were noted as having reached 38 points and sitting sixth. Al-Hazem remained on 24 points and in 12th place after the loss.
Context off the pitch and what’s next
The match came after a turbulent spell for Ronaldo earlier in the month; he had missed two league matches and an AFC Cup game after reportedly going on strike in protest at the club’s lack of January transfer business, and manager Jorge Jesus backed his transfer complaint. One report called Saturday a “truly special” day for the 41-year-old, noting he had celebrated his birthday on the 5th of this month and that the result was “shortening his race towards a thousand. ”
Al-Nassr will next visit Al-Fayha on Saturday (28th) at Al Majma'ah Sports City, while Al-Hazem return to action on Friday (27th) at Ar-Rass Stadium to face Al-Ettifaq (7th). Those fixtures are the next confirmed events on each club’s immediate schedule.
