Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia stated that Cristiano Ronaldo was instrumental in serving to his new workforce safe victory over Al Ettifaq on Sunday regardless that he was not concerned in the one objective of the match.
Anderson Talisca earned Al Nassr a 1-0 dwelling win over Al Ettifaq, with Ronaldo making his Saudi Pro league debut as captain of the workforce.
“It’s a positive addition when you have a player like Ronaldo as he helps to distract the defenders, which is what happened with our goal,” Garcia informed reporters.
“Today we created alternatives for him and requested the gamers to diversify the sport between him and Talisca, and we should not overlook that he participated within the (exhibition match towards) Paris St Germain and didn’t get sufficient relaxation.
“Even with the presence of Ronaldo, it is not easy to win the Saudi League because of … the strength of the competitors.”
Al Nassr’s win moved them again to the highest of the league standings with 33 factors from 14 matches. They are some extent forward of second positioned Al Hilal, who’ve performed one recreation extra.
