Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in Al Nassr’s win over Al Adalh (5-0), on matchday 22 of the Saudi Football League, and rose to fifth place in the ranking of top scorers, while Al- Itthiad, led by Nuno Espírito Santo, won and leads.
The Portuguese international opened the way for the win, in the 40th minute, in the execution of a penalty, and scored again in the 66th minute, after the former Benfica Anderson Talisca had made it 2-0, in the 55th minute , in a victory That became easy in the second half, when the resistance of Al Adalh was broken.
Al Nassr would score two more goals, the fourth, at minute 78, by Talisca himself, and the fifth, at 90+8, by midfielder Ayman Yahya.
With the ‘bis’ this Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo is already fifth on the list of top scorers, with 11 goals in just eight games, five behind a pair of leaders, the Nigerian Odion Ighalo, and the Brazilian Anderson Talisca, a pair who also scored two goals.
Ighalo scored both goals in Al-Hilal’s victory at Al Feiha, and leads the list, along with Talisca, with 16 goals, followed by Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah, with 15, former Santa Clara player Carlos Júnior, with 12, and of Cristiano Ronaldo, with 11.
In another important game in the fight for the Saudi title, eight days before the end of the championship, Al-Itthiad, led by Nuno Espírito Santo, received and beat Damac, 3-0, maintaining the championship lead, with another point that Al Nassr.
The goals were scored by the Brazilians Bruno Henrique and Romarinho, at 14 and 37 minutes, the second from a penalty, and the third, at 88, from the Egyptian center-back Ahmed Hegazy.
Thus, the championship is led by Al-Itthiad, with 53 points (22 games), followed by Al Nassr, with 52 (22), Al-Hilal, with 45 (21) and Al Shabab, fourth classified, with 44 (21). . .
Source: TSF
