{"id":2887,"date":"2025-12-27T16:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:19:03","slug":"ten-out-of-ten-ronaldos-brace-maintains-al-nassrs-perfect-start-as-1000-goal-milestone-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/ten-out-of-ten-ronaldos-brace-maintains-al-nassrs-perfect-start-as-1000-goal-milestone-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Out of Ten: Ronaldo\u2019s Brace Maintains Al Nassr\u2019s Perfect Start as 1,000-Goal Milestone nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_d77fa53bdc5e466a\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">There is a relentless inevitability about Al Nassr this season. On Saturday evening at Al Awwal Park, Jorge Jesus\u2019s side maintained their flawless start to the Saudi Pro League 2025\/2026 campaign, dispatching a struggling Al Okhdood to make it ten wins from ten.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">While the gulf in class between the league leaders and a side languishing in the relegation zone was evident from the opening whistle, the night belonged\u2014as it so often does\u2014to Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Al Nassr\u2019s dominance was total, suffocating an Al Okhdood side that has managed just a single victory all season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSxf-k1DV1G\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The breakthrough arrived in the 31st minute, born from the chaos of a set-piece. After Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix\u2019s corner caused indecision in the visitors&#8217; box, Ronaldo was the quickest to react to the rebound, clinical as ever to fire home the opener.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The Portuguese captain didn&#8217;t have to wait long for his second. Just 15 minutes later, Marcelo Brozovi\u0107\u2014the orchestrator of Al Nassr\u2019s midfield\u2014carved open the defense with a signature pass. Ronaldo, ghosting into space inside the area, applied the finishing touch to double the advantage before the interval.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Ronaldo briefly thought he had secured the match ball after the restart, but a VAR intervention dampened the celebrations. His third effort was chalked off after the review spotted an offside in the buildup.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">As the game drifted into stoppage time, Al Nassr added the exclamation point their performance deserved. Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix, who had been a constant creative menace throughout the evening, found his own reward in injury time.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dkhL1YcSnmw?si=H_n0RXDcEgdX8FhM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"9\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The Race for 1,000<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">For Ronaldo, the brace takes his league tally to 12 for the season, further cementing his position at the summit of the Golden Boot race.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">Beyond the immediate hunt for the Saudi Pro League title, every goal now serves a grander narrative: the quest for 1,000 career goals. Saturday\u2019s double brings his official tally to 956, a figure that continues to defy the typical constraints of age.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">The victory was as much about the table as it was about the individual. Twenty-four hours earlier, Al Hilal had applied significant pressure with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Al Khaleej, momentarily narrowing Al Nassr\u2019s lead to a single point.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">However, with this clinical display in Riyadh, Al Nassr have restored their four-point cushion at the top. Ten games in, the title race is beginning to look like a test of who can blink first in the face of Al Nassr\u2019s unwavering consistency.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"14\" \/>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a relentless inevitability about Al Nassr this season. On Saturday evening at Al Awwal Park, Jorge Jesus\u2019s side maintained their flawless start to the Saudi Pro League 2025\/2026 campaign, dispatching a struggling Al Okhdood to make it ten wins from ten. While the gulf in class between the league leaders and a side &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/ten-out-of-ten-ronaldos-brace-maintains-al-nassrs-perfect-start-as-1000-goal-milestone-nears\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ten Out of Ten: Ronaldo\u2019s Brace Maintains Al Nassr\u2019s Perfect Start as 1,000-Goal Milestone nears<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2890,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions\/2890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}