Ronaldo scored the first goal of the season 2023-2024
Ronaldo made it 2-1 for Al Nassr in the 74th minute. From Khalid Al Ghannam's cross, the Portuguese striker jumped high in the far post and unleashed a strong header. After scoring, Ronaldo ran to the technical area to hug and celebrate with the coaching staff and head coach Luis Castro.
This is Ronaldo's first goal in the new 2023-2024 season and his first goal in more than two months for Al Nassr, since the 3-2 victory over Al Shabab in the Saudi Pro League 2022-2023 on the 23rd. /5. Ronaldo failed to score in pre-season friendlies. Therefore, this goal will help him relieve the pressure.
This victory helps Al Nassr occupy the top of Group C with four points after two matches, equal to Al Shabab but more than the goal difference. In the opening match on July 29, they drew with Al-Shabab 0-0. On August 3, Ronaldo and his teammates will play the last game against the Egyptian club Zamalek.
Al Nassr showed superior strength in the competition against the opponent from Tunisia Monastir. They took the lead thanks to the opening goal at the end of the first half by Brazilian striker Anderson Talisca.
Despite being equalized by Ali Lajami's own goal in the 66th minute, Ronaldo quickly helped the Saudi Pro League runner-up to regain the lead. Al Nassr added two more goals at the end of the game thanks to Abdulelah Al-Amri and Abdulaziz Al-Elewai to seal the victory 4-1.
The Arab Club Champions Cup is an annual tournament for Arab clubs. The 2023 tournament, to be held in Saudi Arabia, brings together 37 teams under the management of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Arab Club Champions Cup is held in the same format as the Champions League with two preliminary rounds to select six teams. Together with 10 seeded teams, they were divided into four round robin groups to calculate points. The top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout round to play in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final respectively.
