Cristiano Ronaldo’s influence on the football field is showing no signs of diminishing. Even at the age of 41, this veteran player is continuously scoring goals. Cristiano Ronaldo has once again won the hearts of fans with his powerful game.
Ronaldo scored the 978th goal of his career in an exciting match of Saudi Pro League. With this, he led his team Al Nassr to a spectacular 2-1 victory against Al Taawun. With this victory, Al Nassr has registered its fourth consecutive win in the league. She remains on top in the points table.
The start of the match was not good for Al Nassr. In the 11th minute of the game, Mohammed Bassam Al Huraji of Al Taawun scored a goal to give his team a 1-0 lead and put Al Nassr under pressure. But Al Nasser did not give up. In the injury time (45+5 minutes) of the first half, Samu Costa scored an excellent goal and leveled the score at 1-1.
Ronaldo’s 978th goal
Ronaldo’s magic could be seen right at the beginning of the second half. In the 50th minute, Joao Felix made a brilliant move from the left side and passed the ball to Mohammed Simakan. Simakan hit a powerful shot from the edge of the box towards the goal, which Ronaldo cleverly flicked into the net from a distance of 6 yards.
This was the 978th goal of Ronaldo’s career. Replays showed that Simakan’s shot was going straight into the goal, so when Ronaldo celebrated the goal, Simakan was also surprised for a moment.
Ronaldo remained on the field for the entire 90 minutes
Earlier on Tuesday, in the last match against Al-Ettifaq, Al Nassr won the match 3-2 by scoring 3 goals in the last 16 minutes after being 2-0 down. Ronaldo was substituted midway through that match. But, in this match against Al Taawun, Ronaldo remained on the field for the entire 90 minutes and returned only after leading his team to victory.