Al Wehda, a mid-range team in the Saudi Pro League (ranked 9/18 teams), is not a team that can stop Ronaldo at the present time. The Portuguese striker is eager to prove that it is ridiculous that he did not make the list of 30 candidates for the 2023 Golden Ball voting. The fact that 90min ranked him as only the 24th striker in the world today is also considered excessive.
At King Abdulaziz Stadium last night, Ronaldo actually didn’t have many chances. In the 11th minute, when Al Nassr received a free kick over the right wall at a distance of 25 meters, he let Alex Telles take the shot. And the former MU defender opened the scoring with an accurate shot to the far corner. 3 minutes later, it was Ronaldo’s turn to shoot a fierce free kick from a distance of 35 meters, but the home goalkeeper successfully blocked it. At the end of the first half, the score was 2-0 with Al Amri doubling the gap (39′).
That goal helped Ronaldo once again rise ahead of Haaland in the race for top scorer of the year. He has scored 10 goals in the last 10 matches, and will soon join the Portuguese team to play the final two matches of the EURO 2024 qualifying round against Liechtenstein on the evening of November 16 and Iceland on November 19. Ronaldo scoring will of course stimulate Haaland, the striker will be a guest at Stamford Bridge tonight, in the most anticipated match in round 12 of the Premier League.