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"Something rare has happened."
Portuguese media 'Oh Jogu' expressed this situation on the 26th (Korea time) when Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr) gave up his penalty kicker position to his teammate.
Ronaldo received a penalty kick in the 22nd round of the Saudi Professional League in the 2024-2025 season against Al Wehda at King Abdulaziz Sports City in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The penalty was declared when a free kick shot himself hit the opponent's arm within the penalty area.
In the third minute of the second half, Ronaldo, who scored the first goal of the day with a sensational header and scored his career-high 925 goals, was able to score his 926th goal if he scored a penalty kick himself. Ronaldo, who has become perplexed, aims to achieve an unprecedented 1,000 goals before retirement.
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But Ronaldo surprisingly conceded the ball to his teammate 'former Liverpool star' Sadio Mane. Mane has been criticized by home fans for failing to score in the last nine games. Ronaldo even made a gesture to his fans to stop booing Mane, according to the `Oh Jagu.'
Mane, who received Ronaldo's 'assist', scored with a calm shot, and his team won 2-0. Al-Nasr, who won in two games after overcoming the defeat of RT Park (2-3 losses) in the last round, scored 47 points, beating Al-Kadisia (47 points) by a margin to retake third place. He is 8 points behind the leader RT Hard (55 points).
Ronaldo increased his scoring record in the Saudi professional league to 17 goals this season with three goals, beating his fellow Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema (16 goals) to become the league's leading scorer. Marcos Leonardo (15 goals) and Ivan Toney (13 goals) are following Ronaldo.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
