Cristiano Ronaldo fired Al-Nassr into a half-time lead against Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on Saturday.

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• Al-Nassr take on Saudi champions in Super Cup
• Ronaldo opened the scoring with first-half goal
• Forward made just enough contact to knock in

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The attacker broke the deadlock towards the end of the first half when he got onto the end of a cut back from Abdulrahman Ghareeb. The Portugal icon did not make a clean connection with the ball, but he did just enough to divert it past Bono and in.

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  Al-Nassr reached the Saudi Super Cup after finishing second to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Pro League as well as the King Cup last season. The Riyadh side beat Al-Taawoun 2-0 in the semi-finals thanks to goals from Ronaldo and Ayman Yahya, setting up a final with Al-Hilal.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR AL-NASSR?

  Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr co-stars will hope to beat their rivals to secure the trophy. Then, on August 22, they will get their Saudi Pro League campaign underway with a home game against Al-Raed.

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