Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo’s towering header secures a draw for Al-Nassr
1 min readAl-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored an equaliser together with his trademark header within the dying minutes in opposition to Egyptian opponents Zamalek to safe his group a spot in Arab Club Champions Cup quarter-final.
Al-Nassr discovered themselves behind on the King Fafd Stadium in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia, after Zamalek ahead Zizo struck from the penalty spot.
Four minutes from time, the 38-year-old rose to the event and leapt for a bullet header within the six-yard field to outsmart goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi.
What an help! 📞 pic.twitter.com/doFWfzUJpS
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) August 3, 2023
This was Ronaldo’s second objective of the match after breaking his breaking his pre-season drought in opposition to the Tunisian membership Al-Monastir in his facet’s 4-1 victory on Monday.
Against the Tunisian membership Al-Monastir, Ronaldo had scored similarly.
Thursday’s match additionally featured the debut of Ronaldo’s latest team-mate Sadio Mane, who joins the Saudi facet from Bayern Munich following his abortive transfer to the Bundesliga in 2022.
Mane is the newest big-money recruit to the Saudi Pro League after variety of high-profile signings.