CR7 influence must be appreciated, not only has an impact on the team but also on the Saudi Arabian league, now the Saudi Arabian league has developed. CR7 plays in any league, CR7 makes a difference because in reality the goat will always be in the world spotlight wherever his feet are, at the age of 40 he is still a mainstay as if he was still 23 years old.
The victory with Al Hilal in the last match did not make Al Nassr able to compete with Al Ittihad in first place, but at least they still have a chance to finish in 2nd place this season because Al Nassr is currently only 3 points behind Al Hilal. This season Al Nassr lost a lot of points at the beginning of the season because their defense line was weak, this is Al Nassr's main weakness, the rest they are good, especially as you said, the combination of CR7 and Duran has found chemistry.
You are absolutely right, in fact I thought that this season was the one that CR7 and his team were going to win, however I blame the Coach, he did not make good signings in defense, the team's greatest weakness is found there in pure defense, otherwise the team is on a very good run, however little by little Al Nassr is doing very well, in fact a 2nd place is a thousand times better than a 3rd place.