In the early morning of May 18, Beijing time, a key match in the 32nd round of the Saudi League was won by Riyadh Victory at home against Riyadh Crescent. In the end, Riyadh Victory suffered a 1-1 stoppage time draw from Riyadh Crescent, and Ronaldo missed four great opportunities in this game, only providing assists, and was directly involved in 44 goals in the league this season, setting a record in the history of the Saudi league.
What was originally a title battle worth six points also dropped as Riyadh Crescent sealed the league title three rounds ahead of schedule. For Cristiano Ronaldo, this is the second consecutive season that he has won the Saudi Arabian League runner-up, and still failed to win the first championship of his Saudi career.
The two teams met for the first time this season, Riyadh Victory defeated Riyadh Crescent 0-3 away, and this time he returned to the battle to usher in a chance for revenge, the 39-year-old Ronaldo continued to start, and Yahya, Mane formed a forward trident, Riyadh Crescent also sent a strong lineup, Malcolm, Michael, Mitrovic played together.
After the opening, Cristiano Ronaldo became the most active player of the game, first setting up a team-mate's goal with a blitz, and then missing a series of great chances.
Just 22 seconds into the game, Sadio Mane split the ball and Cristiano Ronaldo crossed the ball to Otavio, who fired a direct long-range shot from the top of the arc to Riyadh Victory, 1-0 with a flash score, which was also the team's fastest goal so far this season.
After providing the assist for the victory in Riyadh, Ronaldo missed many good chances from close range, and he couldn't believe the kick with his head in disbelief.
In the 9th minute, Otavio passed to the back of the penalty area, and Ronaldo's volley was slightly wide of the goal.
In the 10th minute, Hanam's pass to the goal of the penalty area, Ronaldo's header was high.
In the 26th minute, Riyadh won a counterattack opportunity, Yahya took the ball and passed it to the front of the penalty area, and Ronaldo outflanked and pushed the shot off again.
As Riyadh Victory was unable to extend the score, Riyadh Crescent saw hope of equalizing. After the start of the second half, Mitrovic and Milinkovic completed consecutive attacks, but the ball was missed, and Ronaldo had few chances.
In the 100th minute, Mane committed a foul in the penalty area, and Mitrovic hit the penalty to help Riyadh Crescent complete the 1-1 draw.
This draw made Riyadh Victory miss out on beating Riyadh Crescent in seven consecutive official matches, and only ended the 24-game winning streak in the league of the city's arch-rivals, and the result of this game will not affect the ownership of the title.
In this game, Ronaldo started the whole game, and his only contribution was to assist Otavio to score in the opening 22 seconds, and no goal was scored.
According to statistics, Ronaldo has played 29 league games so far this season, scoring 33 goals and 11 assists, leading the scorer list and assist list, and directly participating in the team's 44 goals, becoming the player with the most goals in a single season in the history of the Saudi league.
In addition, Ronaldo also set other records, including contributing an assist in his first official match against Riyadh Crescent after landing in Saudi Arabia, and winning his 809th career victory, continuing to be the number one player in history.