Saudi Pro League player appears so dazzled by Ronaldo he stops defending and walks off

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2023-09-04 18:19:36  • 2 mins

Saudi Pro League defences have been scrutinised after one defender was spotted stopping defending and seemingly walking off against Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldos Al-Nassr put bottom of the table Al-Hazm to the sword on Saturday (September 2), winning 5-1 away from home.

Goals from former Porto winger Otavio, Ronaldo and Sadio Mane followed first-half goals by Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Abdullah Al-Khaibari on their way to a third straight win in a row.

But it was Otavios goal to make it 3-1 that has fans scratching their heads on social media amid bizarre defending from one Al-Hazm defender.

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Ex-Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic found himself on the left-hand side of the box before playing a one-two with Ronaldo, who made a darting run from the edge of the box into the channel between the home sides right-back and centre-back.

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