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Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia: What I've told the players about passing to Ronaldo

Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia has told his players not to obsess about feeding Cristiano Ronaldo during games.

The former Manchester United striker made a winning debut against Al-Ettifaq, with Talisca scoring the only goal of the game.

After the 1-0 victory, Garcia said: "It is very important for the players to play normally and not always try to give the ball to Cristiano. I have told them to make the right choices on the field.

"It is clear that when Cristiano or Talisca are alone and ask for the ball, we have to give them the ball. These two players are capable of making the difference.

"However, we had the opportunity several times to hit a cross, but then there were not enough people in the box, where the two were not there at times. We have to work on that, so we have one of them in the box."

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