With his brace against Jeddah United, Ronaldo has scored 53 goals this year, ranking first in the 2023 football scorer list. Haaland is currently two goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo and has suffered an injury, and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has expressed hope that Haaland will be able to return in January. In other words, Ronaldo basically booked the honor of this year's goalscorer king.
Although Ronaldo's goal in Saudi Arabia is not as valuable as in Europe, why is it that the player who scores the most goals in Saudi Arabia is not someone else, but Ronaldo? Doesn't this just show that Ronaldo's goal-scoring ability is still very strong and he is dedicated enough? The 38-year-old Ronaldo is going all out in Saudi Arabia, and the four superstars are living a mess with a high salary.
Cristiano Ronaldo is old and it's time to enjoy football, but he is still fighting hard and as the captain of Riyadh Victory, Ronaldo has played an exemplary role. On the other hand, among the other big-name stars in the Saudi league, how many of them are as hard as Cristiano Ronaldo? Most of them are not worthy of the big contracts given by Saudi Arabia.
Benzema joined Saudi Jeddah United as Mr. Golden Ball, and he was full of lineup. Benzema has averaged 24 appearances for Jeddah United this season, scoring 15 goals, providing six assists, one own goal and one penalty awarded. When Benzema first arrived, he had an infighting with Jeddah United meritorious player Hamed and squeezed out the championship coach Nuno. Benzema has been abused by fans for being substandard on and off the pitch, and he has now deactivated his social media account.
Jeddah United, the reigning champions of the Saudi Super League, sit sixth in the league this season, 22 points behind leaders Riyadh Crescent, and apart from Benzema, foreign player Fabinho has not fared well. Fabinho and N'Golo Kante are both midfielders, Fabinho has 0 goals and 2 assists this season, and Kante has 2 goals and 4 assists. In addition, Fabinho's Saudi super steals and key passing statistics are also behind Kante, and Fabinho's performance after coming to Saudi Arabia is extremely mediocre.
After scoring a hat-trick in Saudi Arabia's first game, Firmino has not scored in 17 consecutive games, three goals and three assists in 18 games this season, and has been robbed of the start by Saudi international Braikan.
Riyadh Crescent has won 19 in a row, and the last time it was not won was led by Neymar to 2 consecutive draws. Before Neymar's injury, his performance at Riyadh Crescent was not satisfactory. After Neymar was seriously injured, his entertainment life was still rich, and he was too unprofessional to participate in luxury cruise ship parties on crutches. As a Saudi foreign player with a transfer fee of up to 90 million euros, Neymar can be called the most failed Saudi signing.
Looking at Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in Saudi Arabia, Benzema, Fabinho, Firmino and Neymar should be ashamed, Ronaldo is a role model for professional football.