With the goal against Al-Shorta, Cristiano Ronaldo equaled the record of 4 goals after the last 4 matches of rival Lionel Messi. He also surpassed Karim Benzema to become the top scorer in the Arab Club Champions Cup.
In the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup semi-final, Ronaldo and his teammates won with a minimum score of 1-0 against Al-Shorta of Iraq.
The Portuguese superstar was the only scorer of the match in the 75th minute after successfully completing a 11m kick. Thanks to CR7’s brilliant performance, Al-Nassr has reached the Arab Club Champions Cup final for the first time in history.
This is the 4th goal in 4 consecutive matches of the 38-year-old superstar in the Arab Club Champions Cup 2023. Besides 2 goals in the last 2 matches of the group stage, CR7 also opened the scoring in Al-Nassr’s victory over Raja CA 3. -1 (quarter-final) and now the goal against Al-Shorta.
Thus, Ronaldo has equalized the achievement with his great rival Messi. Before that, the Argentine star scored in the first 4 matches against Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup. However, Messi’s number of goals (7) is higher than that of Ronaldo (4), because Messi has 3 consecutive doubles in the last 3 matches.
Ronaldo also rose to the top of the list of top scorers in the Arab Club Champions Cup 2023 with 4 goals, 1 more than his former teammate Karim Benzema. The French striker currently has no chance to improve his performance because the host team Al-Ittihad has been eliminated.
Behind Ronaldo and Benzema are players who have scored 2 goals such as Aso Rostom (Al Shorta), Akram Afif (Al-Sadd), Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Ever Banega (Al-Shabab), Sergej Milinkovic- Savic (Al-Hilal), Malcom (Al-Hilal), Sayed Abdallah (Zamalek) and Ahmed Sayed Zizo (Zamalek).
After being empty-handed in the 2022/23 season, Ronaldo is facing the opportunity to win his first title with Al-Nassr if he defeats another Saudi team, Al-Hilal.
Ronaldo was awarded the “mini World Cup”
Ronaldo was awarded the best player in the match Al-Shorta vs Al-Nassr. Notably, this award is shaped like a miniature World Cup gold trophy. And this has caused a great controversy on MXH. Many people joked that “finally CR7 got the national team title he always coveted”
