CRISTIANO RONALDO fooled an opposition keeper by pretending to take a free-kick before ex-Manchester United man Alex Telles stepped up to curl it home.
Ronaldo, 38, took his stance as though he was going to produce one of his trademark knuckleball free-kicks.
And Al-Wehda keeper Munir Mohamedi was clearly preparing for the Portuguese legend to step up as he began to move to his left.
But Telles, who left Man Utd for Saudi Arabia in the summer, whipped the free-kick the other side of the wall to give Al-Nassr the lead in the 11th minute.
But it should not have come as too much of a surprise as Ronaldo’s free-kick record over the past decade is poor.
He has scored just five since the start of the 2019/20 season and 10 since the 2014/15 campaign – despite usually being first in the queue to take them.
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But his overall record for Al-Nassr so far this season is a more impressive one.
Ronaldo has scored 16 goals and provided nine assists in 17 games.
Al-Nassr do not sit top of the Saudi Pro League table as they remain four points adrift of Al-Hilal.
But they did keep the pressure on the league leaders with a 3-1 win on Saturday.
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Telles’ free-kick was followed up with a strike from defender Abdulelah Ali Awadh Al-Amri.
And Ronaldo made sure of the points four minutes into the second half, before Anselmo pulled a consolation back for the hosts.
Ronaldo and Telles spent 18 months as team-mates together at Old Trafford, before the Real Madrid icon left at the end of 2022.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
