Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in Al Nassr’s 5-2 victory at the Al-Ittihad stadium, on matchday 17 of the Saudi Football League, and is in a privileged position to be the world’s top scorer in 2023, with 53 goals.
Al-Ittihad, the current defending champion, achieved what it achieved under the technical command of Nuno Espírito Santo, opening the scoring through Moroccan striker Abderrazak Hamdallah, in the 14th minute, but five minutes later Cristiano Ronaldo restored the tie with a penalty.
In the 38th minute it was the turn of the Brazilian Anderson Talisca, ex-Benfica, to put Al-Nassr in front of the scoreboard, but Hamdallah himself restored equality, in the 52nd minute, which Cristiano Ronaldo would undo in the 68th minute. again a penalty after an attack in the area by the Brazilian Fabinho on the Portuguese international Otávio.
The result fell apart in the last quarter of an hour with two goals from Senegalese international Sadio Mané, former Liverpool, in the 76th and 82nd minutes, with the Portuguese Otávio again in the spotlight by providing the assist for the fifth and final goal. goal. .
Cristiano Ronaldo reached the mark of 53 goals in 2023 with Al Nassr (43) and the Portuguese team (10), having surpassed the Englishman Harry Kane and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, who ‘scored’ 52 goals and will now only compete again in 2024. .
On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo has three more goals than the Norwegian forward Erling Haaland, who has not played since December 6 due to injury, and it is still unknown if he will be ready for the last two games that Manchester City will still play. in 2023.
The Portuguese can also extend his mark, since Al Nassr competes again on December 30, visiting the stronghold of Al Taawon, for the Saudi League, and is currently the top scorer in the championship, with 19 goals, three more than Aleksandar Mitrovic, Serbian striker. for Al Hilal by Jorge Jesús.
In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo today reached 1,000 club games throughout his senior career, of which 33 with Sporting (two in the reserve team), in addition to 346 with Manchester United, 438 with Real Madrid and 134 with the Juventus, in addition to the 49 it already has. He has already played for Al-Nassr.
Source: TSF
