Cristiano Ronaldo recorded one of his best games with the Al-Nassr. The star recorded a double with masterful finishes and an assist from behind in his team’s 4-2 victory against Al-Duhail of Qatar for the third date of the Group E in the Champions League from Asia.
The forward had a leading role in leading the victory against the semi-finalist of the last edition. The first emotion of the duel came midway through the initial stage with a poor defensive output. Recovery of Abdullah Al-Khaybari in the final stretch of the field concluded in a transfer to the opening of the area for the presence of Cristianowho decided on pure fantasy with a cue pass to the appearance of Talisca. His teammate controlled it, settled in and finished cross to make it 1-0 at 24 minutes. The show of CR7 had barely begun.
After the opening of the scoreboard, the two teams saved their best for the second half and, after the 2-0 score by Sadio Mane At 56′, he returned to the scene Animal. Five minutes later, Sultan Al-Ghanam attended to Cristiano Ronaldo with a transfer on the right wing. The Portuguese swung towards the center and took a powerful shot against the rival goal that defeated the resistance of goalkeeper Salah Zakaria (3-0).
* Cristiano Ronaldo’s first goal
The large result seemed to establish definitive figures, but the visit reacted in a blink of an eye with two goals in four minutes. The executions of Ismaeel Mohammad y Almoez Alithe latter with a detour in Abdulelah Al-Amrithreatened with a comeback, but the highest figure of The International He sentenced history to 10′ of regulation time. A change of front made by Al-Ghanam was resolved with a volley forehand to establish 4-2. Michael Olunga He narrowed the differences, but there was no time for more.
The excellent production of Ronaldo increased his tally to 24 shouts in his last 21 official matches, he has 43 celebrations in the year to be the top scorer of 2023, surpassing Erling Haalandand the scorer of the Saudi Pro League made a wide difference to Lionel Messi in the battle to be the top scorer in history.
All these recent scrolls left him with 862 scores in 1,190 games played throughout his careerdistributed between Real Madrid (450), Manchester United (145), Juventus (101), Sporting Lisbon (5), Al-Nassr (34) and Portugal (127). He gained a distance of 41 goals from the For money at the top of the record, since the world champion has 821 goals in 1,045 matches, including those against Barcelona (672), PSG (32), Inter Miami (11) and Argentina (106).
* Cristiano Ronaldo’s second goal
If the numbers are limited to what is linked to the national team, the Portuguese also dominates the historical record of celebrations with 127 in 203 games with the Portugal shirt. The Iranian follows him Ali Daei (109 in 149 duels) and his own Lionel Messiwho registers 106 in 178 commitments. There are 21 goals between the European footballer and the Argentine.
Beyond these disputed records, Cristiano Ronaldo leave it to Al-Nassr at the top of the Group E from Champions League with 9 units with three wins in equal presentations and distanced himself from his guard, Persepolis (6), in the fight to secure first place in the zone (grants direct qualification to the round of 16). Their next game will be this Saturday from 12 (Argentine time) against Al Feiha as a visitor for date 11 of the local league.
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