Jose Mourinho’s prediction proved correct about Cristiano Ronaldo giving Sadio Mane and Abdurrahman Ghareeb the opportunity to score goals at Al Nassr.
For your information, Cristiano Ronaldo was labelled as a selfish player who only wants to score goals for himself. However, this was refuted in the 2023-2024 Saudi Pro League or Saudi Arabian League match between Al Nassr and Al Shabab on Wednesday, August 30 2023.
In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo managed to score two goals in the 13th and 38th minutes. However, the player from Portugal actually had the opportunity to score a hat trick or score three goals in one match.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo actually gave his opportunity to Sadio Mane and Abdurrahman Ghareeb. In Sadio Mane’s case, Cristiano Ronaldo actually has space to shoot from the front of the penalty box. However, seeing Sadio Mane free on the right side, Cristiano Ronaldo volunteered to give the ball to the former Liverpool player.
Sadio Mane, who was given the trust, then successfully converted it into the third goal for Al Nassr. In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo had the opportunity to score a goal through a penalty kick.
However, once again, Cristiano Ronaldo gave his partner that opportunity. This time it was the turn of Al Nassr winger, Abdurrahman Ghareeb, who was given the opportunity to be the footballer who won five Ballon d’Or trophies.
Unfortunately, Ghareeb’s penalty was saved by the Al Shabab goalkeeper and failed to score. These two moments when Cristiano Ronaldo gave his teammates the opportunity to score goals prove what Jose Mourinho said about him. The man who was once his coach at Real Madrid once said that Cristiano Ronaldo was not a selfish player.
(Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo worked together at Real Madrid for three years (2010-2013) “I always say Cristiano is not a selfish player. He has his own DNA which cannot be changed and I will not change it,” said Jose Mourinho to Marca as reported from Sportsmole, Thursday (31/8/2023).
“He has certain characteristics. The team plays well, performs well, and the attackers score goals. It’s not surprising that Cristiano feels fine,” continued the Portuguese coach. Regardless, the big victory achieved by Ronaldo and his colleagues over Al Shabab boosted their position in the 2023-2024 Saudi Arabian League standings.
With the addition of these three points, Al Nassr rose to sixth place in the 2023-2024 Saudi Pro League standings with six points, six points behind Al Ittihad at the top of the standings. With the season still long, it is possible that Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo will close the competition with a championship title.
