Cristiano Ronaldo has achieved a new “double” in the triumph of Al Nassr “how many goals are missing the Portuguese to the 1000 terminal
Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Sunday, September 21, 2025, 00:11 / Updated Sunday, September 21, 2025 00:17
Cristiano Ronaldo (40 years) is getting closer to the historic terminal of 1000 goals. Superstar Lusitan scored twice in the crushing victory of his team, 5-1 on his own ground in front of the local rival Al Riyadhagain Of Nass consolidated his leader position in the Saudi Arabia ranking.
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Rested by Jorge Jesus in the match that Nassr won in the middle of the week in AFC Champions Elite 2 (the equivalent of Europa League in Asia), 5-0 with Istiqlol Dushanbe in Tadjikistan, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the first 11 of the Riad band in the Championship and the Championship in the Championship.
Cristiano Ronaldo has reached 945 career goals!
The people from Nassr continue the perfect course of this season, succeeding in a new victory.
Joao Felix, Cr7's co-national, was the one who opened the ball in Riad. The Portuguese scored only six minutes after the start of the match, following Kingsley Coman's step.
The former footballer of Bayern Munich also passed his name on the list of scorers in the 30th minute, thus doubling the advantage of Jorge Jesus's band.
Shortly distance, more precisely three minutes later, Cristiano went out. The absolute goalscorer of football was launched excellent by Joao Felix, and from one to one position with the goalkeeper, the Lusitan did what he knows best, thus taking the score to 3-0.
However, the hosts did not stop here, managing to score twice in the second act.
Only four minutes after the game resumed, Joao Felix passed his “double”, with a volley around the lime point, at which the goalkeeper of the guests had no chance.
The ones from Al Riyadh reduced the difference in the 51st minute, through the Senegalese Mamadou Sylla, who resumed with his head in the gate of Najjar from the small box, after an excellent center sent by Teddy Okou.
However, the final score of the match was set by none other than Cristiano Ronaldo, who successfully completed in the 76th minute, inside the box, after a pass of Kingsley Coman. Thus, the Portuguese has reached 945 goals in his career, which means that 55 successes are missing until he reaches the historical terminal with the number 1000.
As a result of this result, of Nassr accumulated 9 points and returned to the top of the Saudi Arabia ranking, a position with Al ITtihad, Karim Benzema's team and the en-Titre champion.
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Al Nassr – Al Riyadh »Start teams:
Al Nassr (4-4-2): Al Najjar – Al Ghannam, Simakan, Martinez, Yahya – Coman, Brozovic, Angelo, Mane – J. Felix, Ronaldo
reserves: Al Bainain – Al Amri, Al Hassan, Al Khaibari, Al Najdi, Boushal, Camara, Ghareeb, Marran
Coach: Jorge Jesus
Al Riyadh (4-4-2): Borjan – Al Harfi, Gonzalez, Barbet, Hazazi – Al ABSI, Soro, Toses, Al Bishi – Suhluli, Sylla
reserves: Al Shammari – Al Asbahi, Al Bardi, Al Sherhi, Al Shubili, Okou, Ramirez, Tambakti, Zaydan
Coach: Javier Calleja
Stadium: King Saud University Stadium (RIAD)
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
