Ronaldo's team won in reverse in 16 minutes

Before the match, Al Batin only won one, drew three, lost 14 and finished at the bottom of the table with six points, ten points behind the safety group, while Al Nassr led with 43 points.

However, Al Batin made it difficult for Al Nassr with his defensive play to counterattack and suddenly took the lead in the 17th minute. From Watshini Bukia's right wing cross, striker Lopez Patron shot high to hit the home net. . Initially, the referee determined that Patron had committed a foul in the air and denied the goal. But he changed his mind after going to the border to review the video.

Al Nassr dominated the following minutes but only exploded in 16 minutes of the second half. In the third minute of compensation, Luiz Gustavo - the midfielder who won the Champions League in the 2012-2013 season with Bayern - hung the ball for Abdullah Ghareeb to place his heart diagonally, causing goalkeeper Martin Campana to stay.

In the 12th minute, from Ghareeb's free-kick, centre-back Abdullah Madu headed across for Mohammed Al Fatil to cross the corner in an unmarked position, putting Al Nassr ahead. In the counterattack two minutes later, Ghareeb created an assist for Mohammed Maran to handle neatly in the penalty area and then cut his heart across the corner, setting the score 3-1.

When the referee announced that the match had 12 minutes of injury time, Al Batin coach Alen Horvat smiled and clapped his hands outside the touchline, mocking the decision. The referee even gave the match up to 16 minutes of extra time when the Al Batin players were constantly lying on the field. After the match, many members of the away team expressed their displeasure and questioned the referee team.

The 3-1 victory helped Al Nassr return to the top with 46 points, two points more than Al Ittihad - the team that won 3-0 at Al Khaleej in the early match. In the next round, Al Nassr and Al Ittihad will face off against King Abdullah, Jeddah.

Before the match at Mrsool Park yesterday, Ronaldo received the Saudi Pro League's February best player award. The Portuguese forward has eight goals and two assists in four games, including the penalty kick that sealed the Al Fateh 2-2 draw, four goals in the 4-0 win over Al Wehda, two assists in the win over Al Taawon 2-1 and scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Damac.

Ronaldo broke his sublimation circuit when he did not score or assist in the first match of March. Yesterday, the 38-year-old striker played the full 90 minutes, touched the ball 43 times, finished seven times with one shot on target, successfully dribbled four times and lost the ball nine times.

The best opportunity came in the 34th minute, when Ronaldo passed goalkeeper Martin Campana and then shot his left foot into an empty goal. But an Al Batin player was able to step back to block the line right in front of the goal line. In the 82nd minute, when Al Nassr was awarded a free kick close to the penalty area, the Portuguese striker shot through the fence, but the ball went over the bar.

Al-Nassr: Al Aqidi, Madu, Al Ghannam, Lajami, Konan, Gustavo, Al Naji, Al Khaibari, Ronaldo, Masharipov, Ghareeb.

Al-Batin: Campana, Antonio, Al Yousif, Naji, Al Qarani, Al Hurayji, Lopez, Bukia, Shamlan, Al Shammari, Pedroza.