In the 49th minute, Ronaldo faced the goalkeeper, but his low shot to the far corner missed the post. Ronaldo scored, helping Al Nassr defeat host Al Wehda 3-1 in the Pro League round 13. The Al Wehda player kicked the ball forward, but he was perplexed when he passed it short in the penalty area under pressure. Al Nassr led 3-0 when midfielder Waleed Bakshween headed the ball back to the goalkeeper, but Ronaldo intercepted him and raced into the ball from less than ten meters away.

In 1,194 games, this is Ronaldo’s 864th goal overall in his career. With 45 goals in 49 games, he remains atop the global professional football scoring list in 2023. With 13 goals and seven assists in 12 games, the 38-year-old striker is still leading the Pro League’s top scorer competition. place in the group.

Aside from the goal, Ronaldo’s opportunities in this game were limited. In the eleventh minute, Al Nassr allowed defender Alex Telles to shoot after he was awarded a free kick from the wall to the right, almost 25 meters away. Al Nassr opened the score thanks to a left-footed kick by Telles that found the far corner. Munir Mohamedi, the goalkeeper, made the opposite motion.

In the 28th minute, Ronaldo was given another opportunity to attempt a free kick, this time from around 35 meters away. The home goalie deflected his high shot into the far corner. Oscar Duarte fouled the Portuguese striker in the middle of the field in the 43rd minute. He gave Duarte a puff of the mouth and said, “What sport are you playing?”

Additionally, Anderson Talisca was denied a goal due to an offside scenario involving Captain Al Nassr. When Telles crossed the ball in the 62nd minute, it went from the left to the second post, where Talisca dived and netted it with her thigh. When Ronaldo saw Talisca running in, he decided not to fire and instead raised his hands. The referee, however, continued to think that Ronaldo had intervened and should have been given an offside penalty.

The Opta Power Index has Al Wehda at number 747 in the world and ninth out of 18 Pro League teams. Three Southeast Asian clubs, Bangkok United (626), Buriram United (567), and Johor Darul Tazim (389), are rated higher than them.

Ronaldo has scored ten goals in his last ten games, and his quality of play is insufficient to stop him. Following this game, he will team up with Portugal in order to get ready for the last two Euro 2024 qualifying matches, which are against Iceland on November 19 and Liechtenstein on November 16 in the evening.