The heartwarming reason Cristiano Ronaldo held up three fingers to his son celebrating Al Nassr goal --[Reported by Umva mag]

Cristiano Ronaldo 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.

The Italian, who led AC Milan to the Serie A title in 2022, was appointed on Wednesday to succeed Luis Castro.

The Portuguese coach was dismissed the previous day due to Al-Nassr’s slow start to the season with just one win in three Saudi Pro League games.

Ronaldo, who missed Al-Nassr’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.

The 39-year-old curiously celebrated by holding three fingers aloft and gesturing in the direction of his son, Cristiano Jr, who was sitting in the stands.

Fans in the stadium and those watching on TV were confused by the hand signal but, according to ESPN, the celebration was inspired by his son scoring two goals earlier in the day for Al-Nassr’s youth side.

The 14-year-old bagged a brace for the club’s Under-15s in a 4-0 win over Al Qadsiah and just hours later was in attendance to see his old man return to goalscoringways.

In the second half, meanwhile, Salem Al-Najdi and Anderson Talisca added to the scoreline.

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 Premier League 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.

Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are first and second in the standings and meet on Saturday.

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