The Portuguese star, the striker Cristiano Ronaldobecame the rout of Al Nassr to Al Taawon 4-1, as a visitor, for the 19th date of the Professional League Saudi Arabiaraised the number of goals scored in 2023 to 54 and thus closed the year as top scorer worldwide.
Cristiano scored the last goal for his team, which had already put victory on track with goals from French defender Aymeric Laporte, Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic and also Portuguese Otavio.
“CR7” scored for the fifth consecutive date and further widened the difference with respect to the Englishman Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé (PSG), who followed him in the table of top scorers, with 52 goals.
This is the fifth time that Cristiano has achieved this mark: the first was in 2011, with 60 goals, and he repeated it in 2013 (69), 2014 (61) and 2015 (57), all with the Real Madrid and Portugal shirts. . On this occasion, at 38 years old, he achieved it thanks to his 44 goals in Al Nassr and the 10 he achieved in the European team.
After the win, Al Nassr remains second in the championship, seven points behind the leader, Al Hilal.
On the other hand, the meeting between Al Taee and Al Ittihad, the team led by the Argentine Marcelo Gallardowas suspended because the plane carrying the visiting delegation could not land at Hail International Airport due to bad weather conditions.
In another match, Al Shabab beat Al Wehda (1-0), with a goal from Abdullah Radif five minutes from time. The Argentine midfielder Ever Banegawho is in Boca’s sights, was a starter in the winning cast.
Source: Ambito
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