Ronaldo Scores “Hat-Trick” No. 66

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo scored the fourth hat-trick this season and the 66th in his career, leading his Al-Nasr team to victory over Al-Wahda 6-0 in the 30th round of the Saudi Football League. Al-Nasr took an early lead through Ronaldo with two goals in the 5th and 12th minutes, and his compatriot Otavio III added (18) and Senegalese Sadio Mane increased the lead with a fourth goal (45). Ronaldo returned to score his third goal and his team's fifth (52) before Mohammed Al Fateel concluded the goal festival (88). With this victory, Al-Nasr raised its score to 74 points in second place, temporarily 9 points behind leaders Al-Hilal, while Al-Wahda’s score stopped at 32 points in 12th place. Ronaldo raised his score to 32 goals at the top of the scorers and widened the gap between him and Al Hilal’s Serbian striker Alexander Mitrovic to 9. Goals. Ronaldo came close to breaking the record of Moroccan Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah, the Jeddah club striker, as the holder of the highest goalscoring tally in one season with 34 goals, which he also achieved with Al-Nasr. Ronaldo now needs three goals from Al-Nasr’s remaining 4 matches this season, which he will play against Al-Akhdoodom, Al-Hilal, Al-Riyadh and Al-Ittihad. Ronaldo was happy after the match, and hoped that Al-Nasr would conclude the season with the King’s Cup title when it meets its eternal rival, Al-Hilal, in the final.