Al-Nassr beat Al-Fateh as Cristiano Ronaldo scores 63rd hattrick of his career

Cristiano Ronaldo’s astonishing performance guided his club Al-Nassr to a record win against Al Fateh in the ongoing edition of the Saudi Pro League. Both teams played this match at the Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Stadium in Hofuf. It was also the first win for Al-Nassr in their third match in the tournament.

They have now moved to the 10^th spot in the standings of the tournament surpassing Abha and Al-Ta’ee in the table. Al-Nassr has had 1 win and two losses in the tournament so far.

Speaking of the action of the match between Al-Nassr and Al Fateh, the star left winger Sadio Mane opened the account for his side with assistance from Ronaldo. This first goal came for Al-Nassr early in the 27^th minute of the match. Just a few minutes later, Ronaldo himself scored a stunning field goal to take the lead 2-0 in the first half.

Maintaining the 2-0 lead till the end of the first half, Al-Nassr came way stronger in the second half as Ronaldo stunned everyone with his second individual goal and the team’s third goal in the 55^th minute of the match. They completely dominated Al Fateh in the match and scored another goal in the 81^st minute of the match, smashed by Sadio Mane, which was also his second individual goal in the match.

Cristiano Ronaldo completes his career's 63rd hat trick

After a 4-0 lead for the opponent, it became quite impossible for Al Fateh to make a comeback in the match and things became worse for them when the 38-year-old legendary centre-forward completed his hat-trick in the extra time of the match, scoring a brilliant field goal in the 96^th minute of the match. It was also the 63^rd hat trick of Cristiano Ronaldo in his career.

Notably, both teams came up with the same mindset in the star of the match, fielding the same lineup of 4-2-3-1 at the start of the match. But eventually, it was Al-Nassr who dominated almost all the parts in the match, including 24 shots (7 on target), alongside 69% ball possession and 91% amazing accuracy in the passes.