Cristiano Ronaldo Speaks On First Title Wins At Al Nassr

<h4>Cristiano Ronaldo Speaks On First Title Wins At Al Nassr<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that an obviously elated legendry soccer wizard&comma; Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken on his first title win at Al Nassr&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cristiano Ronaldo won his first trophy with Al Nassr and the club&&num;8217&semi;s first-ever Arab Club Champions Cup title after scoring twice in a 2-1 extra-time win over fellow Saudi side Al Hilal on Saturday at the King Fahd Stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ronaldo failed to land a trophy last season after his move to Al Nassr&comma; who finished runners-up in the Saudi Pro League&comma; but the 38-year-old scored six times in the tournament to finish as its top scorer en route to the title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The tournament is played by top Arab clubs in the region and included teams from Saudi Arabia&comma; Qatar&comma; the United Arab Emirates&comma; Iraq&comma; Morocco&comma; Tunisia and Algeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The star-studded Al Nassr side&comma; who finished the game with 10 men&comma; had many chances to score in the first half with new close season signings Sadio Mane&comma; Seko Fofana and Marcelo Brozovic all denied by goalkeeper Mohammed Alowais&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">The game remained scoreless until six minutes into the second half&comma; when Al Hilal&&num;8217&semi;s Malcom crossed the ball and found fellow Brazilian Michael&comma; who put his side ahead with a free header&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To rub salt into their wounds&comma; the 27-year-old even produced the Ronaldo goal celebration as he ran to the corner flag and leapt into the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That seemed to fire up Ronaldo and the Portugal captain equalised in the 74th minute when he got on the end of a low cross from right back Sultan Al-Ghannam to score for a fifth game in a row&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Al Nassr defender Abdulelah Al-Amri was sent off in the second half before Nawaf Boushal was given his marching orders while on the bench for arguing with an official&comma; but they held on to take the game to extra time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ronaldo then doubled the lead in the first half of extra time when he pounced on a rebound off the crossbar and headed home with the goalkeeper off his line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were concerns&comma; however&comma; when Ronaldo was carted off the field with an apparent injury after a collision in the second period of extra time &&num;8212&semi; just two days before their Saudi Pro League opener against Al Ettifaq&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the feat&comma; Cristiano Ronaldo wrote on his twitter handle&colon;<em><strong> Extremely proud to helped the team winning this important trophy for the 1st time&excl; Thank you to everyone in the club that was involved in this great achievement and to my family and friends for always being by my side&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Fantastic support by our fans&excl;This also belongs to you&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;