He was brought in to help Al Nassr win the title with his goals, but we saw Cristiano Ronaldo this Friday in a different role than he has had throughout his career. In the role of assistant. In the 17th round of the Saudi Arabian championship against Al Taawoun, the Portuguese did not continue his scoring streak, but he “plotted” the way to victory for the team from Riyadh with two assists and brought them back to the leading position – 2-1 (1-0).##EDITORS_CHOICE##It was expected that Ronaldo, scoring five in Al Wehda and Al Fateh in the previous two rounds, would continue the streak against Al Taawoun. However, instead, the Portuguese filled the second statistical column, which remained empty in the first four matches.Ronaldo never stood out with key passes, mostly attractive goals were his trademark, however, in the 17th minute, he demonstrated that he can also serve his teammates with beautiful dimes. From the first, he sent a diagonal pass from the center of the field, which he cut through the defense of the guests and found Abdulrahman Ghareeb, who scored for the lead.The fact that Al Nassr had issues with breaking their rivals lately was seen at the beginning of the second half when Alvaro Medran, a former midfielder of Real Madrid, leveled the score. Mid-second half, Al Taawoun almost turned it around, Rudi Garcia broke into a cold sweat when Leandre Tawamba scored in the 68th minute, but it turned out that the striker was offside.Garcia then reacted with changes, Al Nassr played more offensively and took the lead again in the 78th minute. An imprecise shot towards Al Taawoun’s goal was deftly stopped by Ronaldo at the same time as he put the ball away for Abdullah Madu, who readily met it and sent it into the net of the crossbar.After 17 games played, Al Nassr have 40 points, the same as Al Ittihad and Al Shabab, with Al Shabab having played more matches. Al Taawoun are in fifth place with 30 points.
