{"id":28590,"date":"2023-04-29T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-ronaldo-scores-to-keep\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T09:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T09:19:17","slug":"soccer-ronaldo-scores-to-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-ronaldo-scores-to-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Ronaldo scores to keep Al-Nassr’s slim title hopes alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal in four games on Friday to help Al-Nassr to a 4-0 win over Al-Raed, keeping alive the team’s slim Saudi Pro League title hopes.<\/p>\n

With five matches remaining this season, Al-Nassr remain second in the league, three points behind leaders Al-Ittihad having played a game more than their rivals.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo, who joined Al-Nassr in January on a contract estimated by the media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($220 million), had looked disgruntled in recent weeks as Al-Nassr failed to score in three straight games.<\/p>\n

After the dismissal of coach Rudi Garcia this month, Al-Nassr were knocked out of the King Cup by lowly Al-Wahda and, having also lost the Super Cup title, are looking at the prospect of finishing the season without any silverware. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo’s smile was back at Alawwal Park on Friday, however, as he celebrated a fourth-minute headed goal in trademark fashion.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old Portuguese forward also contributed to Abdul Rahman Gharib’s second goal with another header but his frown returned when he was denied a penalty in the second half.<\/p>\n

The goal was Ronaldo’s 12th in 12 league games this season, six behind the Saudi Pro League’s joint leading scorers — Odion Ighalo of Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad’s Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Ahmed Mostafa and Osama Khairy, editing by Nick Mulvenney and Hugh Lawson)<\/p>\n

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