Cristiano Ronaldo Shines with Fourth Hat-Trick in Saudi Pro League Match

The Saudi Pro League offered another of Cristiano Ronaldo’s (39) exceptional performances. The Portuguese gunner proved once again that he still has a lot to offer the football world. In the match of the 30th round between Al Nassr and Al Wehda (6:0), he scored his fourth hat-trick in the current season. The five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or is now only a short distance away from breaking the competition’s scoring record.

Al Nassr welcomed the opponent on home soil, which it defeated 3:1 in November. However, let’s not talk about a balanced duel this time, because the favorite prevented Al Wehda with six hits. Ronaldo scored three of them. The first was already in the fifth minute, when he took advantage of a bad play by the visitors’ goalkeeper, handled the ball and managed to get through despite slipping.

The Portuguese star added another goal in the 12th minute, when he took advantage of Marcel Brozovic’s cross and finished with a perfect header. By halftime, Otávio and Sadio Mané had joined him on the scorers’ list.

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Ronaldo then sealed the three-goal performance seven minutes after the change of sides. This time he benefited from Mané’s ideal extension and added a right-footed goal to a left-footed shot and a header. Al Fatil gave the final form of the result before the end.

It was Al Nassr’s seventh league win in a row after reaching the cup final, putting pressure on leaders Al Hilal. However, he has a nine-point lead and a game to spare. These two teams will meet in the fight for the King’s Cup.

Ronaldo has already scored 32 goals in the current season of the Saudi Professional League. He is only two goals away from the absolute five-year-old record of Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah, with four duels remaining before the end of the season.

The article was originally published for Livesport News.