4:1!4 big star sent Riyadh victory revenge, Ronaldo was crowned the top scorer and ended perfectly
In the past December, Riyadh Victory was unbeaten in all five games except for the loss to Riyadh Crescent, and in the past two rounds, they defeated Gerrard's Dammam Collaboration and Benzema's Jeddah United in succession. In the 19th round of the Saudi League, Riyadh Victory played away against Buraidah cooperation, in the case of conceding a goal first, Brozovic, Laporte and Otavio stepped up, Ronaldo also scored the icing on the cake, Riyadh won 4:1 to win 3 points, and completed the 2023 annual finale.
Buraidah Cooperation can be said to be the dark horse team of the Saudi league this season, without any big investment and stars, it has reached the top four of the league, even 6 points higher than Jeddah United, and Riyadh Victory lost at home in the first leg. In the face of this revenge battle, Riyadh victory is naturally the main force, Cristiano Ronaldo, Otavio, Mane and Talisca lead the attacking line, Brozovic commands the midfield, Telles, Laporte, Amri, and Ghanem guard the backline.
After the opening, there was a controversial penalty on the field, in the 7th minute, Barrow stepped forward on the left side of the penalty area to pick up the attacking Aqidi, Amri scrambled in front of the goal to jump up and accidentally knocked down Pedro, the referee originally did not have any indication, but after 4 minutes, the referee watched the slow-motion replay through the VAR prompt, awarded a penalty to Buraidah, Ronaldo stepped forward and received a yellow card, although Aqidi saved El Mahdivi's penalty, but the latter still made up to break the deadlock.
In the 18th minute, there was another controversy on the field, Otavio was directly kicked to the ground by the defending Slalulli when he was scrambling in the middle circle, but this time the referee only blew a foul and did not give a yellow card; in the 23rd minute, Giroto elbowed Otavio in the penalty area, and the referee also turned a blind eye and did not award a penalty. In the 27th minute, Ronaldo retreated with his back to do it, Talisca kept the ball straight through, Brozovic was alert and inserted a single push to equalize the score, 1:1! Riyadh Victory responded to equalize.
In the 33rd minute, Telles took a corner kick, Amri grabbed the point and shook his head to hit the crossbar and popped up! 2 minutes later, another corner kick offensive, Brozovic's precise cross found Laporte, and the former Manchester City central defender successfully hit a powerful header into the net, 2:1! Riyadh Victory scored two goals in eight minutes to complete the overtake.
In the 39th minute, Riyadh's victory attack struck again, Brozovic passed through the ribs, Ronaldo knocked his heel, Mane quickly stepped forward to cross the bottom, but it was a pity that Otavio's header was high, and in stoppage time of the half, Pedro cut inside from the left and fired a low shot into the near corner, this time Acidi did not make a mistake and fell to save the ball.
In the 50th minute of the second half, Mane broke through on the left side, Brozovic crossed the bottom, Elmahdivi cleared the ball but kicked the ball directly to Otavio, the Portuguese international did not waste the opponent's own assist, and a light push expanded the score to 3:1! In the 54th minute, Ronaldo finally ushered in a chance, Brozovic found Ronaldo with a long pass in the backfield, but unfortunately under the interference of the goalkeeper and 2 defenders, the president's shot failed to hit the goal frame.
In the 71st minute, Telles sent a straight plug in front of the ribs, and Ronaldo's small-angle burst in the penalty area hit the post directly and popped up! Finally in the 92nd minute, substitute Fofana got rid of the back cross on the right side, Ronaldo shook his head and attacked, 4:1!Ronaldo scored the 54th goal of the year as he wished, officially won the title of the 2023 goal of the year, this is Ronaldo after 8 years to become the most scored player of the year again, December 31 is just the first anniversary of Ronaldo joining Riyadh Victory, and the president also drew a successful end to this anniversary.
In the end, 4:1 also became the whole game, and Riyadh won the revenge of the loss to the opponent in the first leg, and continued to chase the top Riyadh Crescent. After this match, Riyadh Victory will be given a temporary rest, and next month Ronaldo will arrive in China with the whole team to start the trip to China, and play two warm-up matches against Shenhua and Zhejiang in Shenzhen.