Cristiano Ronaldo Keep doing what you know best. His 2023 is on track to surpass the best forwards in Europa because after his last penalty goal in the victory of the Al-Nassr 3-1 against him Al-Ettifaq He already has 51 and has a shot at Kylian Mbappé y Harry Kane to become the top scorer of the year.
The forwards of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) y Bayern Munich They have finished the first half of the season and, therefore, the calendar year with 52 goals each. After playing his last matches of Ligue 1 y Bundesliga contra Metz y Wolfsburgboth with victories and goals included, have already played all the 2023 matches, while Cristiano Ronaldo still has two bullets to catch up or surpass them.
The Portuguese is only one goal behind the two top scorers in the world and in the next two matches of the Liga of Arabia Saudi vs. Al-Ittihad (December 26) and Al-Taawoun He could be proclaimed as the goal man of 2023 (December 30). In fact, from that day on Cristiano Ronaldo will not play again until next February 1, when he will play a luxury friendly against the Inter Miami of Leo Messi in Riadcapital of the Arab country.
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Obviously, his numbers are much better than those of the Argentine, who at 36 years old has played his first games with Inter Miami. In 2023 in which he won two championships in France With PSG, Messi has only scored 28 goals and loses the duel with Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he had a historic rivalry for more than 10 years that they now maintain at a distance.
Pichichi in Arabia and more goals than Haaland in 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 51 goals and 15 assists in 2023 undoubtedly place him as the star of the Arab League, in which former European stars such as Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane or the injured Neymar Junior. The Portuguese scored his 17th goal this Friday in the Saudi championship and returned to top scorer, overtaking another old acquaintance in England, Aleksandar Mitrovic. His average of goals per playing time is the lowest in Arabia because he scores one every 84 minutes, that is, he hits a goal per game.
Furthermore, with that same goal he advanced Erling Haaland. The Norwegian scored his last goal on November 28 and after two games without scoring, he has missed four with the Manchester City due to injury. This Friday he will not play the final of the Club World Cupso if his physique allows it, he would also have two other opportunities to beat Mbappé, Kane, and fight with Cristiano to be the king of goals in 2023.
City will play two more days of Premier League before closing the year, in which they will face lower level rivals such as Everton (December 27) and Sheffield United (December 30). Pep Guardiola He needs his greatest striker to turn the tide in England and close the gap with those at the top, as he is fourth in the table below Aston Villa, Liverpool y Arsenal.
The former player of Real Madrid He is close to his birthday. On February 5 she will turn 39 years old, but she continues to prove that age is just a number. Proof of this is that he continues to be the greatest offensive reference for his national team, Portugal. Even the new coach, Roberto Martinezcounts on him in every call and thanks to that he has achieved a comfortable classification in the Euro 2024 in Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo is at the height of his best figures
This year he has scored 11 goals wearing the Portuguese national team shirt and there is little doubt that he will seek to increase his scoring tally in the most important international tournament on the old continent, an event to which he will arrive at 39 already. That is one of Cristiano Ronaldo’s challenges for 2024, but he has more open fronts for next year.
Another of them is winning his first League with Al-Nassr. Cristiano’s team has played 17 games and is second, 10 points behind the first, Al Hilal, with one more game. His next match will be against Al-Ittihad, where he plays his best ally for many years in Madrid, Benzema.
The Frenchman is another of the big stars who have moved to Arabia to continue or end their sporting career, but he has not adapted as well as his former teammate. Benzema has 12 goals in 18 games this season and is very far from his numbers in his best days with Madrid, such as the year in which he won the fourteenth Champions League.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 51 goals are already a great achievement and in two games it seems impossible for him to reach his best number in a calendar year, but the Portuguese could stay very close to the 60 goals he scored in all of 2011. Who is within reach? twice as much as Mbappé, who was the top scorer in 2022 with 56 goals, 5 more than the legend of modern football.
2023-12-22 18:29:36
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