Inspired by his recent victory with Al-Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo showered praise on the Saudi league.
Author of a hat-trick this Friday with Al-Nassr against Al-Fateh (0-5), Cristiano Ronaldo and his team literally rolled over their opponents during the 3rd day of the Saudi Pro League. After this great success on the lawn of Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi, the Portuguese star did not fail to praise his partners. In particular, Sadio Mané scored twice during this meeting.
“It was an extremely important game, it’s our first league victory, we knew it was very important. I’m very happy to have scored, the team played well and scored five goals. But the most important thing is that we start to win. The team is improving game after game. The new ones are of higher quality. Today, me Mane and Ghareeb had a great game up front, but the whole team played very well. »
The five-time Ballon d’Or, who arrived last January at the Riyadh club, expressed his happiness to play in the Saudi championship which does not skimp on the means to bring in big names from Europe. “I am very happy to be here in Saudi Arabia, football is changing. High quality players are coming. As I said a while ago, this league is going to be the best in the world. Step by step, the path is being built. I am very happy that they received me well here in Saudi Arabia at all stages”.
And to add: “With the arrival of other stars, the Saudi championship will progress much faster and can continue its growth curve. The ambition is always the same, to compete with the biggest leagues of the old continent, even to exceed them”.
