Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals and was replaced at halftime while Al-Nassr lost 3-2 to the Spanish Liga 2 Almeria team on Sunday.
The top scorer in Saudi Pro League, Ronaldo, struck the first time at the 17th minute, ending a smooth movement involving the strike partners Joao Felix and Sadio Mane.
⚽ | From accumulation to the brilliance 🤩
Cristiano Ronaldo applies the perfect finish 🐐#AlnassralMeria
pic.twitter.com/wflcjn1weq– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) August 10, 2025
The former Real Madrid midfielder Sergio Arribas had put Almeria in the lead with six minutes played, embarking on the pass of the former striker of Madrid Leo Baptistao.
Arribas then missed a simple chance to restore the advance of his team and was punished when Ronaldo converted a 39th minute penalty, but Adri Embba struck on each side of half -time – the first a daring lob on Nawaf Alaqidi after the calamitteer of the goalkeeper – to give the hosts a deserved victory.
Its emblematic celebration 🐐
Again, in Spain 🤩
pic.twitter.com/qxpvg1gkpl– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) August 10, 2025
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Ronaldo was substituted for the half-time in the Saudi midfielder Ali Alhassan, while Joao Felix and Mane played everywhere.
The double African footballer of the year Mane sent a free kick against the crossbar during the closing phases, but Almeria, who lost in the semifinals of promotion last season, finished 11 of the 13 surface attempts between the teams.
Joao Felix, who joined Chelsea for 43.7 million pounds sterling in July, has not yet marked in three appearances of Al-Nassr.
The Portuguese was formerly considered the young most exciting player in the world after having scored 20 goals in 43 games in his first season for Benfica, persuading the manager of Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone, to pay 113 million pounds Sterling – the third largest number of time fees – for him.
In addition to a worried relationship with the notorious work master Simeone, the sensation fought for form and physical form before being loaned to Chelsea in January 2023.
A change in a later loan to Barcelona again produced an uneven form, which made it decide to make the agreement permanent, to sign Dani Olmo.
Atleti sold Joao Felix in Chelsea in exchange for the English midfielder Conor Gallagher, with the international of Portugal then valued at 45 million pounds sterling in an agreement probably linked to the rules of profitability and sustainability of the Premier League.
Six months after a seven -year contract in Stamford Bridge, Joao Felix began a loan to AC Milan which gave a return of three goals in 21 games.
First appearance .. ⏳😍 pic.twitter.com/zkss33wtkd
– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) August 10, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo: First season under Jorge Jesus
Ronaldo presented for the third time since the signing of a contract extension to end the uncertainty about the future of the Talisman at the end of the 2024/25 season.
The new manager Jorge Jesus had won all his previous three games in charge, starting with a 5-2 victory against the Austrian club Sk St Johann, when Ronaldo was rested after starting the pre-season training and the goals of Al-Nassr came from Mane, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mohamed Simakan, Abdulmajeed Al-Slaihehe and its own goal.
The captain of Portugal and Mohammed Maran then scored in a 2-1 victory against Toulouse of Ligue 1 before a goal from Simakan and a hat-trick from Ronaldo Thursday sealed a 4-0 battery from Rio Ave in Portugal.
“Without his invitation, I would certainly not be there,” said Jorge Jesus about Ronaldo when he arrived in July on a one -year contract.
“The motivation will be great. I will try to make sure that Al-Nassr, who is one of the best clubs in Saudi Arabia, can earn titles. ”
The 70-year-old Portuguese won the Saudi Pro League and the King Cup with Al-Hilal in 2023/24.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who has always won everything he played,” added Jorge Jesus.
“He has not yet won in Saudi Arabia. I will see if I can help him. We speak the same language, everything is easy. “
Cristiano Ronaldo contract
Despite the colossal financial power of Al-Nassr through the country’s public investment fund, Ronaldo has not yet won the Saudi title.
Shortly after Al -Nassr finished third last season – 13 points behind the al -Ittihad champions – Ronaldo seemed to be strongly informed on social networks that he had played his last match for the club.
He accepted a new contract exactly a month later, after having marked in the semi-finals of the triumphant league of the nations of Portugal against Germany and final against Spain.
The five-time winner of the Champions League scored 35 goals in 41 games all competitions for Al-Nassr in 2024/25.
Ronaldo weekly salary
On the financial site on the list of all forbes of forbes of the most returned athletes in one year, only the boxer Floyd Mayweather Eclipse Ronaldo, having pocketed around $ 300 million (226 million pounds Sterling) in 2015 and $ 285 million (214.5 million pounds Sterling) in 2018.
Ronaldo would have exceeded $ 1 billion (771 million pounds sterling) in career gains two years before becoming the most prominent footballer in order to move to Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo’s first Al-Nassr agreement was widely reported worth £ 14.75 mm or 3.4 million pounds sterling per week. His annual salary would be 177 million pounds sterling per year, made up of 62 million pounds sterling for his football salary, supplemented by commercial bonuses.
The five-time winner of Ballon d’Or has a variety of lucrative transactions, with its recent endorsements, including Whoop, the UFL video game and the cryptocurrency exchange.
Sadio Mane Statistics
The Liverpool and Senegal icon joined Al-Nassr du Bayern Munich in August 2023 on a tax wages of more than 34 million pounds sterling.
Now 33 years old, Mane shared the Premier League Golden Boot and won the Champions League in 2018/19, then won the 2019/20 Premier League with the Reds.
He contributed 19 goals and 11 assists in 46 appearances in all competitions during his first campaign with Al-Nassr, then scored 18 and set up 147 games last season.
When begins Ronaldo’s 2025/26 season with Al Nassr?
The Saudi Pro League 2025/26 season will start at the end of August, with the matches to be confirmed in early August. You can keep an eye on all the announcements here.
Al-Nassr Face Al-Ittihad, which is managed by the legendary defender Laurent Blanc, in the Saudi semi-final Super Cup in Hong Kong on August 19 (1:00 p.m. BST / 08:00 and / 05:00 pt).
