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Before officially kicking off their league season on Monday, Aug 14 against Al-Ettifaq, Al-Nassr played in the Arab Champions Cup final, winning versus Al-Hilal on Saturday. While it took extra time for the club to lift the trophy in a 2-1 win behind a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo, it wasn’t all smiles for the club as the superstar had to be carted off after suffering an injury.
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Exiting in the 115th minute of play, Ronaldo was in tears when he was carted off and was replaced by midfielder Ali Alhassan. The severity of the injury is unknown at this time but it’s quite a blow to Al-Nassr even with the addition of Sadio Mane to the attack. Already finishing as runners-up to Al-Ittihad last season, Al-Nassr will do anything they can to claim the Saudi Pro League title this season which will be much harder if Ronaldo misses a significant amount of time. The Portuguese national team also have Euro qualifying matches next month.
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