<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/erik-ten-hag-responds-to-cristiano-ronaldos-criticism-says-he-is-far-away-from-manchester-23392048" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo</strong></a> opened the scoring as Al Nassr defeated Ettifaq 3-0 and gave Stefano Pioli victory in his first game as coach of the Saudi Arabian club on Friday.</p>
<p>The Italian, who led AC Milan to the Serie A title in 2022, was appointed on Wednesday to succeed Luis Castro.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The Portuguese coach was dismissed the previous day due to Al-Nassr&rsquo;s slow start to the season with just one win in three Saudi Pro League games.<br />Ronaldo, who missed Al-Nassr&rsquo;s 1-1 draw in the AFC Champions League Elite with Al-Shorta of Iraq on Monday due to a viral infection, fired home from the penalty spot after 33 minutes for his third goal of the season. In the second half, Salem Al-Najdi and Anderson Talisca added to the scoreline.</p>
<p>The defeat was the first this season for Ettifaq but the team coached by Steven Gerrard stayed third. Al-Nassr moved to fourth. Al-Ahli was in fifth after two goals from Ivan Toney helped the Jeddah club beat Damac 4-2. Toney, signed from English <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/rashford-scores-brace-as-utd-thrash-barnsley-23395602" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Premier League</strong></a> club Brentford in August, made the opener for Gabri Veiga before scoring his first goals since the move to Saudi. Former Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino scored the other.</p>
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The Italian, who led AC Milan to the Serie A title in 2022, was appointed on Wednesday to succeed Luis Castro.

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