Fact Check: 2021 Video Goes Viral As Cristiano Ronaldo’s First Goal for Al Nassr
A video of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is doing the rounds on social media claiming that it was of his first goal for the Saudi football club, Al-Nassr.
Ronaldo joined Al Nassr after the FIFA World Cup. He signed a two-and-half-year contract with the club……….CONTINUE READING
The video was shared with a text: “Ronaldo first Goal at AI Nassr”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be old.
While analysing the video, we noticed that several users have written ‘Juventus’ in the comments.
Juventus is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Running a keyword search, we found the longer version of the same video on YouTube, dated August 23, 2021, with a title: Cristiano Ronaldo vs Udinese Away (22/08/2021) HD 1080i.
The original video of the match on the verified YouTube channel of Serie A had been uploaded on August 23, 2021, with a title: Udinese 2-2 Juventus | Udinese pull-off comeback to surprise Juve! | Serie A 2021/22.
The viral clip can be seen at 2:40 min of the video.
Hence, it is clear that the video is old and shared with a misleading claim.
