Al Nassr didn’t want the service of its new star signing Cristiano Ronaldo because it cruised to a 2-0 win over Al Ta’ee within the Saudi Pro League on Friday.
League prime scorer Talisca starred with a brace as AL Nassr prolonged its lead within the competitors.
The Brazilian’s first got here from a header following a cross from the fitting. The second was a speedy counter assault, courtesy of an extended kick by goalkeeper David Ospina.
Al Nassr dominated the sport, performed out on a water-loggedsurface, with 15 pictures compared to simply eight by AL Ta’ee, because it stored a cushty clean-sheet.
Ronaldo missed out on the sport attributable to his two-match ban imposed by England’s Football Association in November 2022 for hitting an Everton fan throughout his stint with Manchester United.
FIFA’s ‘Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players’ states in part 12.1 that, “Any disciplinary sanction of up to four matches or up to three months that has been imposed on a player by the former association but not yet (entirely) served by the time of the transfer shall be enforced by the new association at which the player has been registered in order for the sanction to be served at domestic level. When issuing the ITC, the former association shall notify the new association via TMS of any such disciplinary sanction that has yet to be (entirely) served.”
Ronaldo was additionally fined £150,000 for the incident that occurred in April 2022. He was set to serve the suspension in England however switched to the brand new membership after the World Cup.
As a end result, Ronaldo is anticipated to be accessible solely on January 21 when Al Nassr play Ettifaq.