In the early morning of May 18, a key battle in the 32nd round of the Saudi Arabian League began, and Ronaldo's Riyadh Victory hosted Riyadh Crescent, which had won the league championship in advance. Cristiano Ronaldo assisted Otavio's long-range strike in the opening minute, and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a penalty in stoppage time to draw 1-1 with Riyadh and extend their embarrassing record of winless derby.
Before this game, Riyadh Crescent had won the Saudi Arabian League championship three rounds in advance, and Riyadh Victory was the runner-up in advance. In the history of the two teams, Riyadh Victory has not won seven consecutive games against Crescent in 90 minutes, including three consecutive defeats in the league, and the only opponent that Ronaldo has not beaten since joining is Crescent.
In terms of starters, the lineups of the two teams are full of stars. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Brozovic, Otavio, Laporte, Telles, Ospina and other victorious stars all played, and Mitrovic, Milinkovic, Malcom, Ruben Neves, Bounou and other new stars also started.
Only 22 seconds into the game, Mane broke through on the left and passed, Ronaldo took the ball and crossed to Otavio near the top of the penalty area, who broke through Bounou's ten fingers with a powerful long-range shot, 1-0! Riyadh triumphantly got off to a dream start.
This assist is also Ronaldo's 11th assist in Saudi Arabia United this season, in addition to 33 goals, one person participated in 44 goals, breaking the record for the most goals in a single season in Saudi history.
Since then, Ronaldo and Riyadh have won more and more courageously. In the 10th minute, Ronaldo's cushion shot after receiving a pass from a teammate on the left side of the penalty area grazed the post!
Just a minute later, Cristiano Ronaldo received a cross from his teammate from the right and headed the ball into the goal from inside the box, but the ball went high.
In the 26th minute, Riyadh Victory played a quick counterattack, Yahya broke through at high speed on the right and crossed the low flat ball in front of the goal, but it was a pity that Ronaldo's push in the penalty area was deflected.
In the 45+2nd minute, Malcolm knocked back on the left side of the penalty area, Milinkovic's long-range shot was touched by the Riyadh Victory player and refracted, but unfortunately the ball was slightly off the left post, and Riyadh Crescent missed a good chance to equalize at half-time.
In the second half, the Crescent, unwilling to suffer the first defeat of the season, stepped up the attack. In the 51st minute, Milinkovic's header after receiving a cross from a teammate went wide. In the 56th minute, Mitrovic scored a goal from a teammate's cross, but the ball was out of the bottom line before the cross and the goal was disallowed. In the 61st minute, Yahya's low shot from the right side of the box was lifted over the crossbar by Bounou with one hand.
In the 79th minute, Mitrovic jumped high at the back of the penalty area to head the goal, and the ball flew out of the goal by grazing the crossbar. In the 80th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo missed another good chance to open the scoring, and his right-footed shot after stopping the ball in the box was miraculously saved by Bounou.
In this game, Ronaldo contributed a team-high 4 shots on goal, one on target, but failed to complete the goal.
In the 82nd minute, Riyadh Victory took a corner kick from the left side, and Laporte's header in the box hit the right post and bounced, and the victory missed the opportunity to extend the score.
In the 90+7th minute, Mane fouled in the penalty area and pulled down the opposing player, and the referee watched the VAR and awarded a penalty to Riyadh Crescent, and Mitrovic burst into the upper left corner, 1-1!
In the end, Riyadh Victory suffered a 1-1 draw at home to Yadh Crescent, extending their winless derby streak, which was also their eighth consecutive winless run against Crescent, and also missed the chance to give their opponents their first defeat in 32 league games of the season.