Soccer-Ronaldo Marks His 1,200th Game In Style As Al-Nassr Bounce Back – News18

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 1,200th skilled match with a purpose and an help as he helped his Saudi League facet Al-Nassr to get a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh on Friday.

“Cristiano Ronaldo has now played in 1,200 professional matches,” the Saudi League posted on the X platform, as the previous Real Madrid participant moved nearer to Peter Shilton who leads the listing of male gamers with most official appearances.

The 38-12 months-previous Ronaldo opened the scoring shortly after the half-hour mark when he tapped in a cross from Sadio Mane, who had had a purpose disallowed within the first minute of the sport.

The Portuguese strengthened his standing because the league’s prime scorer together with his 16 objectives from the season’s 16 matches and helped his workforce to bounce again following a 3-0 defeat to leaders Al-Hilal final Friday.

“Three more points!” Ronaldo posted on social media. “Thankful to all my team mates who helped me reach my 1,200th match. What a ride but we’re not done yet!”

Three minutes into first-half damage time, Ronaldo assisted on his countryman Otavio’s headed purpose.

Al-Nassr’s Brazilian Talisca netted twice within the second half, with a comfort purpose from Al-Riyadh’s Andre Gray coming in between.

Al-Nassr are second within the standings with 37 factors, seven adrift of Al-Hilal, whereas Al-Riyadh are 14th with 16 factors.

Former England goalkeeper Shilton is acknowledged because the report holder for probably the most aggressive males’s skilled video games, although the whole is disputed. Some statistics web sites say the tally is 1,390 however Shilton himself, on his X feed, provides it as 1,387.

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