TPO – Al Nassr crushed Al Ittihad of Benzema and Kante to end 2023 with second place in the Saudi Arabia National Championship. Ronaldo contributed 2 goals in this show to become the world’s top scorer in 2023.

In the last match of 2023, Al Nassr must meet defending champion Al Ittihad, who owns a very strong squad but has been in a terrible decline recently with 4 losses to 3. Thanks to that, Al Nassr is expected to devour its opponents.

But Al Ittihad were the ones who took the lead. Abderrazak Hamdallah handled it well in the penalty area to put the hosts ahead. However, not long after, Al Nassr equalized and it came from a foul in the box by Karim Benzema . On the penalty spot, Ronaldo deceived the opponent’s goalkeeper, the score quickly became 1-1 and Ronaldo scored his 52nd goal, equal to his two juniors Haaland and Mbappe.

On the momentum of excitement, Ronaldo continuously tormented the opponent’s defense. He had another dangerous shot, but the ball hit the post. However, Anderson Talisca spoke up for him. Before the end of the first half, Talisca scored to help Al Nassr enter the break with a 2-1 advantage.

At the beginning of the second half, Al Nassr was equalized 2-2. But they quickly regained their advantage. In the 65th minute, the referee once again awarded a penalty to Al Nassr and showed a red card to former Liverpool midfielder Fabinho.

This time, Ronaldo still took on the responsibility of kicking the 11m penalty. He continues to succeed to officially surpass Haaland and Mbappe in the total number of goals in 2023 (53).

Thanks to being superior and leading, Al Nassr easily scored 2 more goals in the remaining time and ended the match with a score of 5-2, continuing to drown Al Ittihad in crisis, while they elevated Ronaldo to the number one position. 1 on the goal rankings. If Haaland does not score tonight, Ronaldo will officially become the 2023 top scorer, the 5th record he created in 2023.

Previously, on March 23, Ronaldo became the first player to score in 6 European Cups (including club and national team), the previous record holders were Litmanen and Robbie Keane. Also on this day, he became the player with the most appearances for the national team (205 matches).

On August 30, he was the player who scored the most goals in national championships in the world (528), the previous record holder was Puskas. On November 16, he became the player with the most wins in EURO qualifying, currently 32.

Tonight if Haaland stays silent, Ronaldo will officially defend his 5th record.