With his goal against Al-Shorta, Cristiano Ronaldo tied rival Lionel Messi’s record of four goals in his previous four games. He also surpassed Karim Benzema to become the Arab Club Champions Cup’s leading scorer.
Ronaldo surpasses Benzema and matches Messi’s accomplishments.Ronaldo and his colleagues defeated Al-Shorta of Iraq with a minimum score of 1-0 in the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup semifinal.
After successfully executing an 11-meter kick in the 75th minute, the Portuguese superstar became the game’s lone scorer. Al-Nassr had never before advanced to the Arab Club Champions Cup final thanks to CR7’s outstanding performance.
The 38-year-old superstar’s fourth goal in four straight games comes from the Arab Club Champions Cup 2023. Aside from scoring twice in the final two games of the group stage, CR7 also got things going for Al-Nassr against Raja CA 3. -1 in the quarterfinal, and now against Al-Shorta.
Ronaldo and his fierce adversary Messi have now achieved parity. Prior to that, the Argentine great scored in each of the first four Leagues Cup games he played against Inter Miami. However, because Messi has three consecutive doubles in the last three games, his goal total (seven) is better than Ronaldo’s (four).
With 4 goals, one more than his former teammate Karim Benzema, Ronaldo also surpassed him to take the top spot among top scorers in the Arab Club Champions Cup 2023. As the home team Al-Ittihad has been eliminated, the French striker currently has little chance to enhance his performance.
A number of players, including 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), have two goals or more to their credit.
If Ronaldo defeats another Saudi team, Al-Hilal, he will have the chance to win his first championship with Al-Nassr after going without in the 2022–23 campaign.
