Al Wehda 0-4 Al Nassr: Cristiano Ronaldo is used to signing autographs, but he received one on Thursday. The Portuguese star reached a beautiful milestone when he scored four times for Al-Nassr. The 38-year-old attacker went over the limit of 500 league hits.
The joy was great with Ronaldo, who scored four times against Al-Wehda and thus provided the complete production of Al-Nassr. His first goal marked his 500th in competition. Three more goals followed, so that Ronaldo also made the 61st hat-trick of his career.
Ronaldo was there like the chickens afterwards to take the game ball home, but had to wait a while. Referee Abdullah Al-Harbi put his signature on the ball, after which Ronaldo got hold of the ball.
Trainer Rudi Garcia notices that Ronaldo is getting better at Al-Nassr. “He is getting more and more feeling with his teammates,” said the coach after the game. “The team needs time to do that. The other players need to find out even better what Ronaldo wants and how we can enable him to score.”
Hulk shatters net hitting the 120 kilometers per hour mark
Speaking of records, he may already be 36 years old, but Hulk shows in his homeland that he is not yet worn out. The attacker of Atlético Mineiro had a large share in the victory over Democrata on Thursday. Hulk scored from two free kicks, with the second nearly flying through the net.
Hulk had already started well at the Campeonato Mineiro, the competition of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. He scored three times in the first two games and also provided an assist. The 49-time international started again against Democrata.
Within the first half, Atlético Mineiro was already done with the opponent. Hulk hit from a great distance with a free kick. The attacker did that again after 35 minutes, this time closer to the goal.
Goalkeeper Gustavo Silva must have heard the ball pass by, but could do little against it. The free kick that Hulk took would have reached a speed of one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour and flew hard into the top left corner. In June last year, Hulk took a similar free-kick, when his shot exploded against the post.
