Desk Report:
How relationships change over time! Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema once played as teammates. These two stars witnessed hundreds of victories for Real Madrid. But in the Saudi Pro League, they became opponents.
Al Nasr-Al Ittihad faced off last night in the Saudi Pro League. Benzema and Ronaldo played against each other in this match. Both have been playing in Saudi Arabian club football since 2023. Benzema, who played in the Al Ittihad jersey, gave each other a warm welcome before the start of the match last night. They looked at each other and smiled and said something. The scene of such a fight between the two star forwards went viral on social media. One such moment was posted by the SPL on their official Instagram handle. The caption read, ‘I’m not crying. But you are crying.’ The caption ended with a crying emoji.
After watching Ronaldo-Benzema last night, many may have naturally suffered from nostalgia for the golden era of Real. Ronaldo had the last laugh in this Saudi Pro League match. Al Nasr won 2-0. Sadio Mane scored in the 9th minute. He was assisted by Kingsley Coman. Mane also contributed to Al Nasr’s second goal. Ronaldo scored with Mane’s assist in the 35th minute. After the match, Ronaldo posted a picture on his official Facebook page and captioned it, ‘This is Al Nasr. This is us.’ The Portuguese forward added a fire emoji at the end of the caption.
Ronaldo’s competitive career against Al Ittihad has 946 goals. He scored the most goals, 450, for Real Madrid. Ronaldo played in the Los Blancos jersey from 2009 to 2018. His goals for Portugal are 141. Al Nasr’s dominant performance was proven by the post he posted after last night’s win over Al Ittihad. Al Nasr has earned a full 12 points from four matches in the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League.
