The Portuguese international star led Cristiano Ronaldo His team, Al-Nasr, regained its victories in the Saudi Professional League, by defeating its guest, Damak, with two clean goals, on Friday, at the “Awal Park” stadium in the 12th round of the competition.
The “Madeira Rocket” made itself an extraordinary star during the match by scoring the two goals of the match in the 17th minute from a penalty kick and the 79th minute.
Ronaldo is the second best scorer
By scoring the two goals, Ronaldo raised his tally to 9 goals this season as the second best scorer in the competition so far, 3 goals behind Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic, Al Hilal striker.
The match witnessed the expulsion of Algerian defender Abdelkader Badran, the Damak player, after his violent intervention on Al-Nasr defender Mohamed Simakan in the 54th minute.
Ronaldo posted on his account on the social networking site “X” a group of photos from the match, and commented on them: “3 points and two goals…we will continue.”
Get over the past loss
With this victory, he surpassed “Al-Alamy” His sudden loss In the last round, they faced Al-Qadisiyah by two goals to one, raising their score to 25 points in third place, while Damak’s score froze at 14 points in eleventh place.
Al-Nasr was the first to score through its captain and international striker Ronaldo (32), but Al-Qadisiyah responded with two goals from Mexican internationals Julián Quiñones (37) and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (50).
This was Al-Nassr’s second loss in various competitions this season, and the second under the leadership of its Italian coach Stefano Pioli, the successor of the sacked Portuguese Luis Castro, after the first against Al-Taawoun 0-1 in the 16th round of the cup competition.
Earlier Friday, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced its preliminary lists of candidates to win the awards.The Best“which is presented, at the end of each year, to the best in various branches.
The list of candidates for the World Player of the Year award witnessed the surprising absence of Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, a Liverpool winger, while Lionel Messi, captain of the Argentine national team and the American club Inter Miami, was present.
The list also witnessed the absence of one of the distinguished stars in the world of football, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi Al-Nasr star.