Cristiano Ronaldo (38), a striker for Saudi professional soccer team Al-Nasr, stands tall as the player with the most goals in 2023.
Al Nasr won 5-2 in the away game against Al-Ittihad in the 18th round of the 2023-24 Saudi Professional Football League held at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 27th (Korean time).
Ronaldo, who started as a front-line striker, led the team to victory by scoring two goals through penalty kicks. Anderson Talisca contributed with one goal and Sadio Mane also contributed with two goals.
Ronaldo, who added two goals that day, scored his 53rd goal this year and stood tall as the player with the most goals this year. He surpassed Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, 52 goals).
Scoring machine Erling Haaland (Manchester City) follows him, scoring 50 goals this year.
In the case of Mbappe and Kane, they finished their matches in 2023, but Holland has two games left for Manchester City, so there is a possibility that the player with the most goals will change.
Al-Nasr club highlighted the performance of Ronaldo, who scored his '53rd' goal, through social media.
Ronaldo, who scored two goals, overtook Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal, 16 goals) with his 19th league goal and became the leading scorer.
Ronaldo has scored 19 goals and 9 assists in 18 games this season, scoring more than 1 attack point per game. Leads in both scoring and assists.
It was a match that attracted attention as it was a match between Karim Benzema and Ronaldo, who played together in Real Madrid (Spain) in the past, but the result was Ronaldo's victory.
Al-Ittihad took the lead with Abderrazak Hamdallah's first goal in the 14th minute of the first half, but Al Nasr balanced the score with Ronaldo's penalty kick five minutes later. Benzema, who was involved in the defense, committed a foul in the box and allowed a penalty kick.
Al-Nasr gained momentum and took the lead in the 38th minute of the first half with a goal from Taliska.
Al-Ittihad also caught up with Hamdallah's header in the 6th minute of the second half, but lost their fighting spirit due to Fabinho's sending off in the 21st minute of the second half. Fabinho hit his opponent in the face with a rough foul inside the box and received a red card after video review (VAR).
Ronaldo did not miss this penalty kick opportunity and scored.
Al Nasr, who had a numerical advantage, later counterattacked and split the game with Mane scoring two more goals. 토토사이트