I see the camera.
Do you want to do it again?
Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Al Nasser.
The first reaction was, why is he going there?
What's the point?
To see him moving to Saudi Pro League was completely unexpected.
For me, it's a pleasure to be here.
The interview is nice, so let's continue in that way.
Breaking news.
Al Hilal signing Neymar from PSG.
Let's go, Julian!
Riyad Mahrez.
Jordan Henderson.
Roberto Firmino.
Benzema is the latest superstar to join the Saudi pro league.
The question is, how good are you in terms of adapting to a new reality?
The Saudi sovereign wealth fund has taken control of the league's four most powerful teams.
Some people will look at sports watching.
They cannot mention sport in Saudi Arabia without ascribing some nefarious purpose.
If the intention was to catch our attention, well done.
It was probably the biggest statement possible.
This is something the critics see as a disruption.
What's to say that this Saudi model is actually sustainable?
This is a league that is trying to improve football for its people.
The Saudis have a historical passion for football.
There are clubs in Saudi Arabia that are more than 80 years old.
The real question now is, what will be the impact on the local players?
The league will change a million times.
A lot of things had to change, both on and off the pitch.
Things need to improve.
How are they going to translate this talent into collective success?
The league is growing every day.
The Saudi Pro League is trying to be one of the best leagues in the world.
That's the idea, isn't it?
We're trying to dream big.
This is only the beginning.
Here we go.
In the middle, in the side, here.
We're now ready to be take one.
They say in the beginning,
Cristiano is finished.
They say I'm here only to win money.
Listen, I don't care.
I'm still motivated.
I'm looking good.
I'm looking fresh.
Cristiano, people doubt, but at the end of the day, I'm a box of surprises, so live the moment.
Ronaldo challenged Manadi Al-Nassr, and Al-Nassr, of course, fell in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
In Europe, my work, it's done.
I won everything.
And for me now, it's a new challenge.
When Cristiano Ronaldo goes somewhere, you are going to follow everything he's doing.
to finally be here.
I will give my best for this club, Al Nasser.
I want to make people happy.
This is my goal.
Cristiano was a turning point for us.
Al Nasser is a prestigious team.
Throughout its history, it has won several titles.
It's a club that is eager to win.
Over the past eight years, Nasser has only won one league title.
Through signing with Ronaldo, Nasser hopes to return to the top.
Hello, hello.
What's up?
How are you?
Honestly, when he came, we didn't believe he was coming.
Until we saw him in front of us, of course.
I think Cristiano in the footballing world is an icon.
With Cristiano, every time is a show.
The Saudi Pro League has been around for years, but Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival made an overnight impact.
We are announcing the Alnasser shirts all around the world.
That's the Ronaldo effect.
Today, we're talking about the Saudi League and Shahab in 180 countries around the world.
Well, at the beginning, in everything, it's not easy.
The culture is different.
My family is part of me, and they always go with me wherever I go.
Sometimes the kids, sometimes they miss Europe.
It's normal.
Nothing in this life is easy.
The Saudi people, they are very friendly.
The people who like me, I give them back.
I want to ask you a tougher question, because you've obviously faced criticism when you came to SPL about that it was a money grab.
I'm here to win.
To win trophies, make Al Nassar better, make the league better, change the culture.
I want to be successful.
I want to leave a legacy.
This is what I want.
This is why we are here.
They help me, I help them.
We are unit.
I take my piece of cake.
Netflix take piece of cake.
Saudi, everyone.
And we work for a big cake.
It's winning, winning.
For a normal player, 39 is already the limit of the career.
Maybe for him, it's not.
Luis Castro is the manager or a master.
He's a very humble person.
He's also a very calm but sensible person.
I was a happy coach in Brazil.
On the one hand, my heart asked me to stay.
On the other hand, my heart asked me to go.
So I thought, I'm going to Riyadh.
I'm going for a new challenge.
The Saudi Tour consists of 18 clubs all over the country.
Al-Hilal won 18 titles in the championship against Al-Nasr.
The fight between Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr has been going on for 30 to 40 years, since the foundation of the championship.
The match is considered a championship.
It's like a championship for the winning team, and the losing team suffers from it for a very long time.
It is one of the most insane derbies in the football world.
Every country has rivals.
It's normal, it's part of the league.
It's part of the journey, it's part of the fans.
You have to be careful when I speak about Al Hilal.
The interview is nice, so let's continue in that way.
Historically, Al Hilal has won 18 titles in a row against nine of Al Nassr.
Especially in the last seven competitions, Al Hilal has won five of them.
In the past eight years, Al Nassr has only won one title.
But with Ronaldo's return, the fans of the club have a great hope that he will be able to compete again for the title.
It's a club that lives its day-to-day to develop towards more victories and success.
I want to go back on this continuous path of winning and winning.
In the 15th round, we will face Hilal and Nasr in the first derby of this season.
Man, I want to win quickly.
I can't wait.
I've been waiting for December for a month.
The Hilal attack is strong, and so is the Nasser attack.
Do you think we'll win?
I swear to God, Cristiano Ronaldo is scary.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a big help to international footballers.
Nasser is scary, and so is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Let Nasser win, please.
The players on the pitch and outside the pitch as well, on the bench, give confidence.
A big derby between the two traditional winners, Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, at the end of the Arab Cup.
This will be a big opportunity to lay the foundation for the next season.
The Arab Cup is considered one of the most important and strongest competitions in Arab football.
I'm professional.
I'm dedicated every day to be in a good shape, to help Al Nassar, to help the league, and of course to win trophies.
This is my goal.
Two days after the end of the Arab Champions League, Nasser played his first game in a new phase of the Saudi League.
Nasser's start to the league was very difficult.
On the crescent, which was a very special start in the season.
They were able to do that despite the injury of one of the most important stars of Saudi Arabia, Neymar.
The bad start of the season for Nasser's club was when Cristiano Ronaldo scored 15 goals in only 12 matches.
Ronaldo's goals contributed a lot.
He put Nasser in second place, and behind Hilal, the leading team, with only four points.
Come on.
It's true that Ronaldo can't achieve anything on his own.
At the beginning of the season, Nasr played against six non-Saudi players.
They are new to the team.
But he has a special list of Saudi players.
They also play with the Saudi national team.
Salam, Anwaleed!
Salam!
Gariba, like all Saudi players, is a player who wants to play a lot, he wants to be on the team, he fights a lot for that to happen.
He is a player with many qualities.
Abdurrahman Gharib, the player selected in Saudi, is one of the best players in the league.
Karim is young, fast, skillful, and concludes very well.
Karim!
Allah!
Before I joined Al Nusra Club, I was watching on the TV, the first player was trying to dribble and taking the ball was Garib.
And I was saying, wow, what a player.
He's an amazing guy.
Garib, he's always trying to learn.
All in the team, we love him.
He's always smiling.
He likes to... He always asks for my daughter's pictures.
He's an amazing boy.
Abdelrahman Ghareeb, the king of jokers.
That's what I call him.
Because his fans are always upset that he's the king.
So, to me, he's a weirdo.
Abdelrahman Ghareeb!
Ghareeb may have gone through a period of lack of self-confidence after moving from Ahli to Nasr.
Ronaldo had a role in Abdur Rahman Ghareeb returning to Abdur Rahman Ghareeb as everyone knows him.
My relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo is very good in the stadium.
He plays for me and he treats me like a big brother.
He would always tell me where to shoot.
Garib has improved a lot, even in these months.
I think he can improve even more, working with foreign players.
He's a very similar player to Cristiano Ronaldo, so I think he can improve and become an important player for the national team.
I feel happy because he sees me as an example, as a person that he wants to follow.
And for me, this makes me happy.
It means that I do the right things.
This, for me, what I consider what is successful.
In the fourth round, Nasser played in front of the lads, and it was also one of the matches that was considered a strong competition between the teams.
Ronaldo scored two goals in this match, and he had the chance to score a third goal through the body roll.
Ronaldo and the Turks, for a three-pointer, as usual in Portugal.
Why did he let Abdulrahman score?
I gave them the opportunity because I felt that it was a good moment to give him a chance to shoot a penalty.
He gave me the ball, of course, and encouraged me.
Abdelrahman Ghalib.
He shoots.
For me, it's part of the journey.
I mean, this is what I say to him.
And I tell him that I'm missing so many times, but this is not gonna stop me to continue, to improve and to be better.
But...
Don't be afraid, because failing is part of our growth.
So, no problem.
Continue.
I'm going to get married soon, God willing.
Of course, I'm going to get a new wedding dress.
It's just normal, it's not religious.
For example, Sadio Mane comes to the club more than once in a dress.
He's also a Christian.
It's good.
I hope you like it.
Peace be upon you.
Peace be upon you too.
How are you, Abdulaziz?
What do we have today?
We have a famous episode.
Let's watch it.
Of course, Captain, I'm one of your fans.
When did you cheer for Al-Nasr?
A long time ago.
I'm one of Al-Nasr's fans.
That was my goal for last year's derby.
These are the games I love to play.
I love everything about it.
It's been a long time, huh?
I'll bring you outside to watch at the stadium, if God wills it.
If God wills it, if God wills it.
Come and talk to me.
If God wills it, if God wills it.
Maybe I'll just do it with you.
No, it's okay.
Welcome to the most important sports broadcast in the Saudi Cup.
We're talking about a competition or a derby between two teams that have competed for many years.
This match could be considered the most successful match between the two teams in the Saudi Cup.
There's no doubt that it's the biggest match of the season so far.
will he be able to find a place in the main line-up for himself?
He's a player I count on a lot.
I want him to be great.
It's a big challenge for him, because he plays in positions where Talisca and Sadio Mane play.
And they do it.
And they do it
Foreign players have a negative effect on me and a positive effect on me.
The positive effect is that I get to live with a lot of players who were in Europe and I get to learn a lot from them.
But the negative effect is that the Saudi players play less in the national team.
You can see now in the gym, always full.
That's how these players are always there.
And I can see from since I came until now, the team and the players, how improvement they have.
This is amazing.
In the next match, it might be a two-way race.
If Al-Hilal wins, it will put pressure on Al-Hilal with one point difference from Al-Mutasadir.
You remember what Ronaldo said today?
He's going to break your numbers today.
He's going to put a limit on them.
Ronaldo doesn't disagree with me, but he's a player in the team.
Neymar is injured, so I hope he recovers safely.
I hope he comes back to us in the next matches.
Derby is a derby.
There's no other way to put it.
I'm always very attracted to football because of the unexpected.
Because of what's going to happen in the game.
In the derby, nobody knows.
There's the strongest derby in the world.
It's a special front in victory.
Ronaldo, Teleska, Otavio, Mane... Abdulrahman Ghareeb has to sit on the podium.
Of course, I'd be upset if I didn't play.
No player knows when he'll be happy or sad.
Of course I'd be upset, but I have to cheer for the team.
Metro is dangerous!
If anyone challenges him, he'll be shot!
What we want in football is to have this kind of derby.
This makes football special.
Soudio in Christian's place, and it's a goal!
Another threat to victory!
As-Soud and the cross!
Abdulrahman Ghareeb has a place in our hearts.
If we can't win, the most important thing is to be fair, but the most important thing is not to lose.
Come on!
Abdulrahman Ghareeb!
But it's all coming to an end.
What will be the final round?
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The goal was beautiful here in the derby, oh my God.
There is a knee strike.
The ball is wide, the header is here in the top corner.
The highest ball in Mecca.
It's like a touch.
It's impossible.
The Hilal match was an important match for us.
We got three points.
But God didn't write it.
That's the state of the ball.
Sometimes you are a little bit frustrated when you lost and when you feel the game don't go the way you want.
I want to be successful, make Alnassar better.
We will continue our path, we will continue to fight, we will continue to be a strong team.
We feel that we have the capacity to dispute the championship until the end.
We will dispute the championship.
Despite the loss of Al-Hilal in the derby, Al-Hilal played a very important match against United before the break.
Michael Aminalo was appointed to be the manager of the Saudi tournament in 2023.
He was appointed to grow the Saudi tournament and reach the top five tournaments in the world.
The fundamental core value of this project is to get younger players to come in and get immersed in a culture where a league that prides ourselves in being unique.
He has this incredible football knowledge.
I spent ten years, seven of those, as technical director at Chelsea Football Club.
So Michael's biggest achievements at Chelsea may be most famously signing some of the best players in the world.
Eden Hazard, Mo Sulla, Kevin De Bruyne, David Luiz, Romelu Lukaku.
He saw real potential before other people saw it.
He brings leadership.
He brings this refined diplomacy, which is incredibly important in football.
The number one challenge is building things that are sturdy and long-lasting.
We have to support and advise on financial sustainability, the academy, the establishment of infrastructures and facilities as we look to become one of the best leagues in the world.
When you grow a league, you need to make some signature acquisitions, and that's what we've done.
The expenditure was unbelievable, like, we're talking $900 million.
$900 million in one Windows is unprecedented.
And a sign of intent.
Evidently and clearly, they've got lots of money.
Money was put on the table and players accepted it.
It's a league without the financial fair play regulations imposed on European clubs.
Can we go there?
Is it a good idea?
What's going to happen if we do?
Some people, yeah, will probably look at sports washing.
So it is a bit of an experiment, the whole thing.
What's to say that this Saudi model is actually sustainable?
It would be fascinating to see how that pans out.
I was at the Porto Football Academy as a coach and coach of Team B for 10 years.
When I get to the clubs, I look straight at the academies.
It's an academy that needs development.
I really want the Nasr Academy to be a reference academy in the country.
To be honest, I think we'll be the most difficult sector there.
It's very easy to say good about everything, but some things, you have to be honest, they have huge potential, but you have to invest very, very, very hard.
Again, again, inside, draw, draw, draw, inside.
He's a good kid.
Honest, he's a good kid.
The other ones are more tougher when I'm at home, the small ones.
This one is...
No problem.
The other ones is... When I was his age, he's a little bit bigger and stronger.
I was smaller.
I think he will be bigger than me.
Let's see if he has the same anger.
The anger is the most difficult.
Junior, body position!
Junior!
Yes!
Finish!
Yes!
Yes, finish!
Ronaldo must be, and I think he is, the role model for all young players.
He is just not talking the talk, he's walking the walk.
He's made his teammates better.
He's made the league better.
He's forced players to focus.
I think Cristiano is one of the biggest examples of obsession in a positive way in sports, not just in football, maybe not just in sports, I think in life in general.
The way he's living the game, he's living every moment like it was a final of a championship.
He's the first one to come to the stadium and the last one to leave.
He changed a lot in the club.
We learned a lot from him as players.
In training, in food, in everything.
It seems easy, but it's not easy.
My life is experience, and I'm glad that I live so many experience, especially in football.
I'm not the kind of guy like to give advice.
I prefer to give an example.
Look what I did.
Look what I still do.
And based in your knowledge, in your mind, do what you think is better for you.
Make me happy, not just to be here, also because my son is here, too.
This age, it's very important, because they are nearly to be
professional in four or five years, they will be there.
So my advice to them is... To believe.
Listen to coaches.
Working hard.
Don't sleep late.
This is something that I always say to Cristiano.
And I really believe that in a few years, one of them, a few of them, will be in the first team, inshallah.
Last season, of course, the federation was able to achieve the tournament and the victory was second.
The federation, in this season, added big international names to the team.
Among these names were Kanti and Fabinho.
Karim Benzema joined Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid when he was 9 years old.
They achieved great things together.
They achieved four Champions League titles together.
Karim Benzema has the special Moroccan player, Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah.
In the past five years, he has scored three goals, and he is considered the historical goal of the professional league in one season with 34 goals.
Before this match, Ronaldo scored 17 goals, 9 goals against Hamdallah, and 8 goals against Karim Benzema.
Your loss or frustration means that the gap will widen between you and the opponent.
I don't think that Al-Nassr had a solution to face Al-Ittihad, except to get the three points.
We want to win the Sand Trophy.
It's very difficult, but it's never impossible.
Tension and pressure are there in every match, but this is more.
The good player who sees these matches is the one who gets out.
The matches in which both teams are filled with international names and stars.
Cristiano Ronaldo facing Kareem Benzema.
Face to face for the first time at the Saudi Stadium.
I was able to start, of course.
I was chosen as a coach.
It was the first and last decision, of course.
Benzema takes the lead.
1-2.
Abdallah Hadda plays and scores!
When you start, you are hungry.
You want to eat the world.
I'm 20 years in football.
I still feel the passion.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the first half.
Cristiano takes a breath, he's moving forward now.
Cristiano, oh my God!
No one puts the ball in its place like you ever did.
The ball is in place for Cristiano.
Cristiano goes forward.
Cristiano scores.
God!
Alex Dillard sends the ball to Adam.
Dennis Kemp passes.
He scores.
Dennis Kemp scores.
There's still another shot.
There's still a chance.
Ronaldo with a header.
Kante sends it to Kouram, it goes to Abdelrazak, he plays it to Kouram, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in
In big matches, you need a cold-blooded player, especially when you're down to a penalty kick or a penalty.
Christian is killing it!
Oh, my God!
He won't give up!
Cristiano and the fight!
Telescope and the end!
Milan advances to Sampdoria!
Otavio to Sampdoria!
5-0 for the win today!
Cristiano Ronaldo has been amazing.
You look at all the numbers and you look at the number of matches played, that is phenomenal.
The goals and everything make me feel proud and make me feel happy to carry on my job and help Al Nassar to achieve the goals.
Hilal is doing incredible, but we are still in competition.
Obviously, we want to win.
We know that even in a construction process that we are in, the victories are the necessary food for that growth.
And we have that responsibility.
We will fight a lot for them to happen.
Take this, please.
I'll look at you.
Breaking news across the world of football.
Neymar has torn his ACL.
He's going to miss the rest of the season.
I'm facing my biggest fear.
Come back!
For God's sake!
I'm