When Al Nassr faced Al Shabab in the 21st round of the Saudi Pro League on the early hours of February 26, they had a difficult time winning the match by a score of 3-2. When Ronaldo not only scored one goal but also behaved in an unfriendly manner toward the fans of the opposing team, he garnered a lot of attention.

 During the encounter between Al Nassr and Al Shabab, Ronaldo, who was ranked to play the highest in attack, was the focal point of every attack that Al Nassr launched. At the very beginning of the fourth minute, Sadio Mane, who had been assigned by coach Luis Castro to play behind Ronaldo, took a shot that was quite hard on the ball. The Al Shabab defender blocked it with his hand in the penalty area, which resulted in the home team being penalized. a temple. Sadio Mane was happy to hand the ball on to Al Nassr’s captain despite the fact that he had “failed” in five matches in a row. While Ronaldo was going up against Mohammed Al Absi, the goalie, he did not commit any errors in order to open the score. 

Not only did Ronaldo score his 877th goal of his career, but he also had a great performance throughout the 2023-2024 season with Al Nassr, during which he scored 34 goals in 35 matches. In addition, this is Ronaldo’s fourth goal in 2024, having scored in four straight matches. Ronaldo has scored 414 goals since he became 30 years old, which is an accomplishment that is equivalent to the total amount of goals scored over the whole career of the legendary Brazilian football player Ronaldo de Lima, who is commonly referred to as “Ronaldo.”

 In addition, he overtook a number of other well-known strikers, including Thierry Henry (413 goals), Van Nistelrooy (394 goals), Andriy Shevchenko (391 goals), Didier Drogba (368 goals), and Wayne Rooney (366 goals). He also surpassed a number of other strikers. 

Ronaldo still maintains high form in Saudi Arabia

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At the end of the match, Ronaldo also made Saudi fans angry when he responded to those present at Al Shabab Stadium for mocking him by chanting Messi’s name. Marca newspaper commented: “Cristiano Ronaldo’s rude reaction to shouting Messi, Messi. The Portuguese player not only responded with curses but also performed unacceptable actions. This is not the first time Ronaldo has done such an action when rival fans compared him to Messi . At the age of 39, Ronaldo still shows a strong personality, but perhaps that is not really necessary.”

The Portuguese player’s bad actions were also criticized after the match

 In addition to the above two marks, Ronaldo played lacklusterly and was the player with the least distance on the field. In contrast to the former Real Madrid striker , Talisca had a brilliant match. The Brazilian player appeared when Al Nassr was having difficulty to increase the score to 2-1 in the 46th minute and then scored the winning goal 3-2 in the 86th minute. The double goal against Al Shabab was also helping Talisca have 13 goals in the Saudi Pro League, rising to 4th place in the race to win the title of top scorer . The top player is still Ronaldo with 22 goals.

The dramatic 3-2 victory over Al Shabab also helped Al Nassr get 52 points, temporarily shortening the gap with top team Al Hilah to 4 points. In the next round, Al Nassr will have an easy match when they only have to meet the bottom team, Al Hazem.