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From a Messi hug to a brace: Breaking down Cristiano Ronaldo's debut in Saudi Arabia All-Star friendly vs PSG

There it was. The jump, the spin, the landing, the noise echoing around a stadium.

The iconic Ronaldo celebration, a sequence of events likely to be seen many more times as he suits up for Al-Nassr. This one maybe just a little sweeter with Messi still on the pitch.

Ronaldo scored twice in his Saudi debut during a chaotic friendly between the Riyadh All-Star XI and Paris Saint-Germain, which the French club won 5-4. Although both teams fielded full-strength lineups, the thousands of eyes in the stadium were always going to be on Ronaldo and Messi.

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Ronaldo did his part, taking his two goals well, and there was the familiar bag of tricks, as well as some perhaps over-the-top antics. It all amounted to what can be considered a vintage late-career Ronaldo performance.

GOAL takes a look at five of the best moments from Ronaldo's outing...