Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second hat-trick within just 3 days as Al Nassr dominated Abha with an impressive 8-0 victory in the Saudi Pro League.
The 39-year-old Portuguese striker's scored three goals and gave two assists in the first half for Al Nassr, who are nine-time champions in Saudi Arabia.
This was his third hat-trick of the season in the league, with the previous one being in a 5-1 win over Al-Tai on Saturday.
In Tuesday's game, Ronaldo's first two goals were from free-kicks. He scored the first one with a powerful shot just outside the penalty area, and the second with a skillful curling shot from the left side.
Just before halftime, Ronaldo finished his hat-trick with a fantastic chip from far away as he moved towards the goal. Before the first half ended.
Ronaldo passed the ball to Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem , who scored from close range into an open goal.
Despite Ronaldo being substituted at halftime, Al-Nassr kept scoring.
Saudi Arabian player Abdulrahman Ghareeb scored their sixth goal shortly after the second half started, and substitute Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa scored two more.
Even though Al-Nassr won, they're still in second place in the league, trailing Al-Hilal by 12 points with eight games left.
