Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first domestic trophy in Saudi Arabia after Al Nassr lost 4-1 to Al Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on Saturday.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored the opening goal just before half-time in the season’s curtain-raiser between Saudi Pro League champions Al Hilal and runners-up Al Nassr.
However, the 39 year-old forward then cut a frustrated figure after Al Hilal netted four times in a 17-minute span in the second half,
Ronaldo, who joined Al Nassr in December 2022 and set a league record last season with 35 goals, scored from close range in the 44th minute after being teBut it was all one-way traffic in the second half as Al Hilal’s Serbian duo made the difference.
Midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic struck first, 10 minutes after the restart, after exchanging passes with Aleksandar Mitrovic and firing a powerful shot into Al Nassr’s net by Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
Al Hilal won the Super Cup for the second time in a row and the fifth time in their history and remain the most successful team in the competition, three titles ahead of Al Nassr.
It was a familiar story for Ronaldo and Al Nassr, who were beaten to the Saudi King’s Cup as well as the Saudi Pro League title by Al Hilal last season.
The new Saudi Pro League season will begin on Thursday, when Al Nassr host Al Raed.
