Cristiano Ronaldo it's a living legend football. It is difficult to list all of his trophies, but the most important of them are of course the individual ones – five Gold Balland as a team – five Champions League triumphs and the European Championship with Portugal. ESPN recently ranked him second in its ranking of the best footballers of the 21st century, just behind his eternal rival, Leo Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo has made history once again. It's unbelievable what he has done
The 39-year-old has not had a successful past few weeks. He completely failed at Euro 2024, where it was clear that he was already having trouble competing with much younger opponents. He didn't even score a goal there, and what's more, because of his missed penalty in the match against Slovenia, Portugal almost got knocked out in the round of 16. final.
After a painful defeat to France, the player went on a short vacation. However, it did not take long for him to return to training with Al-Nassr. And on Wednesday, after more than a month's break, he finally appeared on the pitch. Ronaldo needed less than an hour to get on the scoresheet in the match for the Saudi Arabian Super Cup against Al-Taawon. First, in his usual style, he lost his marking, and then he confidently finished off a pass from Sultan Al Ghannam. It was his 896th career goal.
Journalist Fabrizio Romano revealed that Ronaldo has now scored a goal in the 23rd season in a row. This is the first such achievement in history. If that wasn't enough, the player now ranks fourth in the list of the best scorers of 2024. At the moment, he has 23 goals ex aequo with Harry Kane and Erling Haaland. Just ahead of them are Ayoub El Kaabi (24) and Akram Afif and Kylian Mbappe (25).
Wednesday's victory saw Al-Nassr advance to the final of the Saudi Super Cup. They will face Al-Hilal on Saturday, August 17, and have a chance to reclaim the trophy they won twice between 2019 and 2021. The Saudi Pro League will begin five days later.