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Cristiano Ronaldo was happy to have placed on a present after his two objectives impressed Al Nassr to a 3-1 win at Al Gharafa within the AFC Champions League final night time.
Ronaldo’s brace – the 912th and 913th objectives of his outstanding profession – put the Saudi Arabian membership on the point of qualification for the knockout phases with simply two extra factors required from their final three video games.
The Portuguese scored both facet of an Angelo Gabriel strike to the delight of the 37,000 crowd – 12 p.c of Qatar’s inhabitants – that had made the 30-mile journey to Al Bayt from capital Doha.
Former Actual Madrid striker Joselu pulled one again late on for the hosts nevertheless it was Ronaldo who stole the present.
Full time!! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/HhM0X7Xsbd
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) November 25, 2024
Motivated by followers
“It’s nonetheless my motivation to make my followers completely happy, particularly children as I’ve a couple of children of my very own at house,” Ronaldo informed Al Jazeera.
“The fervour that kids have is real. They love soccer so I simply attempt to do my finest [for them]. We’ve quite a lot of followers of all ages supporting us, I’m very completely happy to attain and make them completely happy.”
Al Nassr have now gained three of their final 4 video games in all competitions and Ronaldo, who has but to say any silverware since transferring to Saudi in 2022, confirmed he was extra targeted on crew success that particular person accolades.
913 🐐
AND COUNTING…… https://t.co/YVnqG4JToe pic.twitter.com/sj1CT5JOEn
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) November 25, 2024
Win a very powerful factor – Ronaldo
He added: “Objectives are good, after all, however a very powerful factor is to win. For me, a very powerful factor is Al Nassr’s victory.
“Al Gharafa are a very good crew and the rationale for our victory was the organisation of our crew. My first and final goal is to win. Objectives come after teamwork and my focus is all the time on scoring and successful. If the crew wins, I’m completely happy and I dedicate the victory to the followers, the membership and Ronaldo’s followers.
“We created probabilities within the first half, however we couldn’t rating. Within the second half, the crew made some changes and the objectives got here.”
Al Nassr are third within the Professional League and can hope to maneuver nearer to leaders Al Ittihad once they host Damac on Friday.
