In the AFC Champions League on Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo led Al Nassr to a 4-3 victory over the Qatari team Al-Duhail with a player of the match performance.
Al Nassr have now won their first game against Al Duhail in history.
Ronaldo, the captain of Al Nassr, scored two outstanding goals with his left foot in his tournament debut to make a big difference.
The 38-year-old also skillfully assisted Talisca, and Sadio Mane scored the other goal for Al Nassr.
In the 25th minute, Talisca scored the game’s first goal after receiving a backheeled assist from Ronaldo.
After the Al-Duhail goalkeeper failed miserably to gather a cross 11 minutes into the second half, Mane made it 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo then scored an unbelievable left-footed goal from 25 yards.
In what seemed like a cruise game for Ronaldo’s side, a shocking two goals went past Al Nassr’s goalkeeper, with Coutinho’s side fighting back for a draw after falling to a 3-0 lead to Al Nassr.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo In the 81st minute, after Sultan Al-Ghannam had sent an angled cross, Ronaldo attempted a first-time volley past the Al-Duhail goalkeeper to put Al Nassr back in control.
In no time, Michael Olunga, a Kenyan international, scored for Al-Duhail, cutting the deficit to just one goal once more.
Al Nassr persevered, though, and now has nine points after three rounds of play in Group E of the Champions League after winning 3/3 of their games in the tournament.
At 38, Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 43 goals and assisted 11 goals in 45 games. The old but young Ronaldo continues to prove why he deserves to be the G.O.A.T. of football.