Cristiano Ronaldo provides incredible Al-Nassr assist

Cristiano Ronaldo provided an exquisite assist for his Al-Nassr team-mate Abdulrahman Ghareeb on Friday afternoon to help his side take the lead against Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League. And after the ball had nestled in the back of the net, the Portugal international raised his arms in celebration, before racing to congratulate Ghareeb with a smile on his face.

Ronaldo moved to Al-Nassr at the end of last year after having his contracted at Manchester United terminated in November. The 38-year-old endured a slow start in Saudi Arabia as he failed to find the back of the net in his first two matches.

But he has rediscovered his best form in recent games and bagged four goals against Al-Wedha last week following his first strike for Al-Nassr against Al-Fateh at the start of February. The Saudi Pro League is starting to see a revitalised Ronaldo – and the forward picked up from where he left off for the visit of Al-Taawoun.

With the game still goalless just before the midway point of the first half, the ball found Ronaldo in space inside his own half. The veteran curled a sumptuous through ball in between two defenders for Ghareeb to race onto. And the Saudi winger kept his cool to slot the ball into the corner of the net to put the hosts 1-0 up.

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