Cristiano Ronaldo gave followers a reminder of his expertise when he scored twice in a pleasant on Thursday, main a crew made up of gamers from Al Nassr and Al Hilal in opposition to Lionel Messi’s Paris St Germain (PSG).
Ronaldo, who will makes his aggressive debut for Al Nassr in opposition to Al Ettifaq within the Saudi Pro League on Sunday, scored a flawless penalty and adopted it up together with his trademark ‘Siu’ celebration earlier than hanging once more from a rebound as he ticked off a brand new chapter in his profession a month after a disappointing World Cup marketing campaign.
Though his facet suffered a 5-4 defeat, the highly-anticipated contest supplied a lot leisure to followers as long-time rivals Ronaldo and Messi shared the pitch collectively for presumably the final time.
His efficiency led to Virat Kohli to pay tribute to Ronaldo on his Instagram story, whereas lashing out at “football experts” who’ve criticised Ronaldo on his performances.
“Still doing it at the highest level at 38. The football experts sitting and criticising him every week for attention are conveniently quiet now that he’s put in this kind of performance against one of the top clubs in the world. And he was apparently finished,” mentioned Kohli, who’s a giant fan of Ronaldo’s work ethics and health regime, in his story on Instagram.
Behind each profitable particular person, there may be an inspiration and Virat Kohli credit Cristiano Ronaldo with inspiring him. An avid soccer fan, the Indian skipper mentioned he attracts inspiration from the Portuguese star.
