Thousands of supporters greeted soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday at his presentation as a new player for Al-Nassr, from Saudi Arabia, and the Portuguese assumed he was enthusiastic about the new step in his career.
Just after 8:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. in mainland Portugal), Ronaldo set foot on the pitch at Mrsool Park, in Riyadh, for the first time, practically full to receive the Portuguese.
With the public shouting in unison for Ronaldo, the Portuguese assured that he is “excited” to arrive at the club and guaranteed that he wants to “make people happy”.
After a few words on the pitch, Ronaldo signed autographs and kicked balls off the bench, as well as taking a photo with the youth players and members of the women’s team, receiving his family at the end.
Before going onto the pitch, Ronaldo was introduced to his new teammates, with whom he will carry out his first training session on Tuesday, led by the Frenchman Rudi García.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, sets course for Saudi football, after terminating his contract with Manchester United, which he represented for the second time in 2021/22 and 2022/23, after a first stage (2003/2009).
Before starting the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo, who grew up at Sporting and between his two stages with the English team represented Real Madrid (2009/2018) and Juventus (2018/2022), assumed that he felt “betrayed” and disrespected in the ‘diablos’ network, with which he scored 145 goals in 346 games.
With 194 appearances with Portugal’s first team, and 118 goals, he has scored 451 goals for Real Madrid, in ‘only’ 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Currently led by the Frenchman Rudi García, and with the Brazilian Talisca (ex-Benfica) and the Cameroonian Aboubakar (ex-FC Porto), Al Nassr occupies first place in the Saudi League, after 11 games, with 26 points, one more than Al Shabab, which has one less party.
Al-Nassr has nine Saudi championship titles, the latest coming in 2018/19.
Source: TSF
