Ronaldo and his colleagues at Al Nassr are playing at an “unbelievable” level, with an official match every three days.
On August 12, Ronaldo scored twice to assist Al Nassr win the Arab Regional Club Championship. This marks CR7’s first title with Saudi Arabian representatives. Following this success, the Portuguese superstar and his colleagues will have to shift their emphasis to the Saudi Arabia National Championship, which begins tonight and tomorrow morning (August 15).
Al Nassr will play an away match against Al Ettifaq at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow (August 15), Vietnam time. Following the aforesaid match, Al Nassr will have to compete in the Saudi Arabia National Championship on August 19, August 26, August 30, and September 3. Between national championship matches, Ronaldo will make his Asian Cup debut at Al Nassr, where the Riyadh capital squad will face either Shabab Al Ahli (UAE) or Al Wehdat (Jordan).image
Since the commencement of pre-season friendly matches on July 11, Al Nassr has played one match every three days until today (August 14). After only 33 days, the Saudi Arabia team has played 12 games. Ronaldo appeared in the majority of these games, with only a few exceptions in which the Portuguese superstar was replaced midway through. By September 3, Al Nassr would have appeared in 17 matches in just 54 days, a “unbelievable” amount of playing time. Check out Ronaldo’s performance against Al Nassr.
Ronaldo has been scoring consistently in recent contests. The 38-year-old scored six goals in his past five outings, earning the title of top scorer in the Arab regional club tournament.