Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of 2023 in Monday’s win over Al-Shabab in the King Cup, and he posted a message after the match on Instagram.
In the King Cup quarterfinals held on the evening of December 11, Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help Al Nassr win 5-2 against home team Al Shabab and win the right to enter the semi-finals.Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring situation took place in the 74th minute.
He received the ball outside the penalty area, passed it to Otavio and then ran inside. Otavio caught the ball and poked the ball into the slot for captain Al Nassr to break the offside trap and shoot one-touch to the far corner in a face-to-face position.
This is Al Nassr’s goal to increase the score to 4-1 against home team Al Shabab. In this match, Al Nassr won 5-2 on aggregate to win a ticket to the King Cup semi-finals.
In 2023, Ronaldo played 56 matches, scored 50 goals and assisted 14 times, leading the 2023 scoring list, with one more goal 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 team.
This is the first time since 2017 that Ronaldo has reached 50 goals in a year. Previously, the Portuguese team captain reached this milestone for 7 consecutive years in the period 2011-2017.
His best achievement is 69 goals in 2013 for Real Madrid and the Portuguese team. Ronaldo also achieved a record of scoring 869 goals in his career.
Al Shabab is a team from the same city as Al Nassr, they own many notable stars such as Ever Banega, Romain Saiss and Yannick Carrasco.
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— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) December 11, 2023
The King Cup is considered the same as the Saudi Arabia National Cup tournament with 24 teams playing a single-match knockout match. Al Nassr won 5-1 against Ohod in the round of 1/16, defeated Al-Ettifaq 1-0 in the round of 1/8 and defeated Al Shabab 5-2 in the quarterfinals last night. In the semi-finals, Al Nassr is likely to face Al Hilal.