In the quarterfinals of the King Cup Saudi Arabia, which took place early this morning (December 12), Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help Al Nassr beat home team Al Shabab 12-5 and win the right to enter the semi-finals.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 50 goals in 2023. (Source: YouTube)

Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring situation took place in the 74th minute. He received the ball outside the penalty area, passed it to Otavio and then ran inside. Otavio blocked the ball, poked the ball through for captain Al Nassr to break the offside trap and shot a long shot to the far corner in a face-to-face position.

This is Al Nassr’s goal to increase the score to 4-1 against home team Al Shabab. In this match, Al Nassr won 5-2 on aggregate to win a ticket to the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia King Cup.

In 2023, Ronaldo played 56 matches, scored 50 goals and assisted 14 times, leading the 2023 scoring list, with 1 more goal than Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.

CR7 scored 40 goals and assisted 12 times in 47 matches for Al Nassr, the remaining achievements were in the Portuguese team.

This is the first time since 2017 that Ronaldo has reached 50 goals in a year. Previously, the Portuguese team captain reached this milestone for 7 consecutive years in the period 2011-2017.

His best achievement is 69 goals in 2013 for Real Madrid and the Portuguese team. Ronaldo also achieved a record of scoring 869 goals in his career.

Al Shabab is a team from the same city as Al Nassr, owning many notable stars such as Ever Banega, Romain Saiss and Yannick Carrasco.

King Cup Saudi Arabia is considered the same as the Saudi Arabia National Cup tournament, consisting of 24 teams playing one match in a knockout match. Al Nassr won 5-1 against Ohod in the round of 1/16, won 1-0 against Al-Ettifaq in the round of 1/8 and defeated Al Shabab 5-2 in the quarterfinals last night.

In the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia King Cup, Al Nassr is likely to meet Al Hilal.