In the quarter-finals of the King Cup Saudi Arabia taking place early this morning (December 12), Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help Al Nassr beat the home team Al Shabab 5-2 and advance to the semi-finals.
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| Cristiano Ronaldo scored 50 goals in 2023. (Source: YouTube) |
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal came in the 74th minute, he received the ball outside the penalty area, passed it to Otavio and then ran inside. Otavio controlled the ball, passed it to the Al Nassr captain to break the offside trap and shoot hard with one touch to the far corner in a one-on-one situation.
This was the goal that raised the score to 4-1 for Al Nassr against the home team Al Shabab. In this match, Al Nassr won 5-2 on aggregate to win a ticket to the semi-finals of the King Cup Saudi Arabia.
In 2023, Ronaldo played 56 matches, scored 50 goals and assisted 14 times, leading the scoring list in 2023, with 1 goal more than Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
CR7 scored 40 goals and assisted 12 times in 47 matches for Al Nassr, the remaining achievements were in the Portuguese national team.
This is the first time since 2017 that Ronaldo has reached 50 goals in a year. Previously, the captain of the Portuguese national team had reached this milestone for 7 consecutive years from 2011-2017.
His best performance was 69 goals in 2013 for Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo also achieved a record of 869 goals in his career.
Al Shabab is a team from the same city as Al Nassr, owning many notable stars such as Ever Banega, Romain Saiss and Yannick Carrasco.
The Saudi Arabian King Cup is a tournament similar to the Saudi Arabian Cup, with 24 teams playing a single knockout match. Al Nassr beat Ohod 5-1 in the round of 16, beat Al-Ettifaq 1-0 in the round of 16 and defeated Al Shabab 5-2 in the quarter-finals last night.
In the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia King Cup, Al Nassr is likely to meet Al Hilal.
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