Ronaldo was clearly at ease, captioning his post “good vibes” two days before Al-Nassr faced fellow Saudi Arabian club Al-Feiha in the Champions League last 16 Asia this week.

Ronaldo and Co. held a 1-0 aggregate advantage in last week’s away leg and will confidently progress when they play at home in the return leg. Al-Feiha are not one of Saudi Arabia’s traditional giants and finished 11th out of 16 teams in the domestic league last season, having recently finished second in 2021. But they have had a string of Notable matches to win the 2021/22 season championship. King’s Cup to qualify for the 2023/24 AFC Champions League and then qualify for the group stage despite being a struggling team in the Saudi Pro League.

Al-Hilal (1991, 2000, 2019, 2021) and Al-Ittihad (2004, 2005) are the only Saudi Arabian teams to have been crowned Asian club champions. Al-Nassr are yet to win the competition, their best finish being runners-up in 1995 when they lost to Ilhwa Chunma, now known as Seongnam FC, of South Korea.

With 39-year-old Ronaldo leading the team by scoring 30 goals in 31 matches in all competitions, Al-Nassr are aiming for titles on multiple fronts this season. They will not believe that the 7-point gap with Al-Hilal is too big to close in the Saudi Pro League championship race with 14 matches remaining, and they have also reached the King’s Cup semi-finals. looks very good to progress to the last eight of the Champions League.