Cristiano Ronaldo’s 500th league goal once again made the headlines last night. It is safe to say that Ronaldo has had a rather rocky start to his Al-Nassr career. Ronaldo was scrutinized after failing to score in his first two matches as an Al-Nassr player. Ronald was also part of the game when Al-Nassr crashed out of the Saudi Super Cup with a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Al-Ittihad.
However, as he has done countless times in his career, Ronaldo silenced his critics. The Portuguese star scored 4 goals against Al-Wehda last night. With this, Ronaldo brought his league goal tally to 500. Ronaldo currently has scored 503 league goals in his career. As per Goal, Ronaldo has scored 311 league goals for Real Madrid, 103 league goals for Manchester United, 81 league goals for Juventus, and 3 league goals for Sporting Lisbon.
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For Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has scored 5 league goals. His arch-rival, Lionel Messi, currently has 490 league goals. Ronaldo’s performance comes as a much-needed boost for Ronaldo, who has been recently subjected to a lot of criticism. Even Al-Nassr’s head coach, Rudi Garcia, blamed Ronaldo for Al-Nassr’s Super Cup exit when the former Manchester United star missed an easy chance to score.
This was also Ronaldo’s 61st career hat trick. Out of them, Ronaldo has scored 8 hat tricks in the Champions League, which is the most by any player in this competition, and 10 international hat tricks alone (via UEFA). Messi, who has 56 hat tricks in his career, has also scored 8 hat tricks in the Champions League. Messi also 8 international hat tricks to his name.
Fans react to Cristiano Ronaldo’s 500th league goal
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 500th league goal has sent the fans into a frenzy. The social media platforms were flooded with reactions and comments from the fans as soon as the former Real Madrid star netted the 500th league goal of his career. Ronaldo scored four goals for Al-Nassr against Al-Wehda last night. The Portuguese talisman scored in the 21st, 40th, 53rd, and 61st minute.
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However, not all fans have similarly celebrated Ronaldo’s recent feat. Most fans have posted similar comments like, “He’s 38… after this season I bet you he’ll be back to another league,” and, “Ask messi if he can score in the age of 38.” However, there have also been comments like, “Counting Saudi Arabia league goals as well,” and, “Against a team that’s fighting relegation in the Sadia league.”
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 500th league goal came as a statement from the Al-Nassr star forward. After facing immense heat over the past couple of weeks, Ronaldo dismissed the claims of being “finished.” After last night’s performance, soccer fans would be expecting even more stellar performances from the Portuguese captain during the course of his Al-Nassr career.