Al-Raed crushed its hosts embarrassingly at the opening of the Saudi Professional League on Thursday, with CR7’s help, as the good start of Al-Nassr saw both teams settle for a 1-1 draw.

Ronaldo’s goal disallowed in Al-Raed vs. Al-Nassr

The most important player scored his 22nd goal of the year in the 35th minute and his 50th in just 49 Saudi League outings.

The visitors scored back in the fourth minute of the second half after Al-Nassr led 1-0. Another Ronaldo goal came in the 75th minute, but it was disallowed by the match officials due to offside. After the match, the team’s manager said in an interview, “The cancellation of Ronaldo’s goal was wrong, and we should have been awarded a penalty kick that wasn’t given.”

Outclassed yet again, with a big scoreline coming, this time at the hands of Al-Hilal, 1-4 in the final of the Diriyah Super Cup, wherein the solitary goal scored for the lonesome Al-Nassr was done by Ronaldo.