The reason is simple: the legendary Portuguese, who has been associated with his iconic No. 7 throughout his career, suddenly appeared in a shirt with No. 9.
In the photos, Ronaldo smiles, hits the ball and communicates with his partners, but all the attention of the fans is focused on the “nine” on the training mat.
In the comments, a discussion immediately broke out: “Why number 9?”, “What’s going on?”, “CR9 is back?”.
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Ronaldo’s post has already collected more than 3.5 million likes, and the mysterious “nine” has become the main topic of discussion in football social networks.
In fact, everything is explained quite simply. The head coach of Al-Nasr, Georges Jesus, does not use the number stickers as playing numbers, but as marking positions on the field during training.
An attacker who plays at the edge of the attack has a traditional designation – the classic “nine”. And since Ronaldo, in Jesus’ scheme, acts exactly as a central forward, a finisher of attacks, he was given the number 9 number.
Source: sport.ua