life changed cristiano ronaldo 2023. In fact, in the eyes of fans, it all happens behind closed doors. He has always felt he was the best, but he has shown his potential in recent months. He ended 2022 on the bench and faced the final stretch of 2023 as the top scorer of the year.
The Portuguese striker seems to be experiencing a new lease of life. numerous. He is 38 years old this year.It’s been almost a year since he left elite football to start his career Saudi Arabia.Many people think of this as a way to retire, but ten months later Saudi Professional League Featuring some of the best players in the world, including current Ballon d’Or winners Karim Benzema. Ronaldo has changed since arriving in the Asian country and has once again shown his old determination. A competitive animal that never loses its greed for points.
he arrived nasser For a footballer who has suffered greatly in the second half of 2022, it means a change of mentality. The start to the 2022-2023 season could not be worse for the Portuguese star.He arrived late in the preseason Manchester United Due to personal issues, this strengthened his relationship with Eric ten Hager. He began to play a minor role in the “Red Devils” to the point that midway through the campaign the parties decided to part ways.
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he arrived world, the perfect opportunity to show the world that his replacement at Manchester United was a mistake. However, the World Cup was a terrible experience for Cristiano Ronaldo.In the first match against Ghana He started and scored the team’s winning goal.He repeated in the eleven Uruguay and South Koreabut he has not seen a goal in any game.
Looking forward to the round of 16 matches Swiss, Fernando Santos He surprised everyone by leaving Ronaldo on the bench. It was a very risky decision, but it worked out perfectly. Portugal played its best game of the World Cup, beating Switzerland 6-1. Furthermore, Cristiano’s replacement in the eleven, Goncalo RamosA hat-trick sparked debate over who should start.
The duel marked a before and after for Portugal.Cristiano Ronaldo comes on as substitute as his team loses Morocco. The Portuguese “7” team jumped on the green in the final minutes but could not avoid defeat. He left the pitch in tears, and Fernando Santos resigned as coach days later.
great changes
After the World Cup, Ronaldo had an “eureka moment.”let U.K. And heading to Saudi Arabia to play in a league devoid of greats. He played 16 games in the second half of the season and scored 14 goals. The “bug” is back, and the return after the summer is even better.
The Portuguese continues to drill opponents to score goals, and the number of goals makes him the world’s top scorer in 2023. Following his two goals against Bosnia and Herzegovina last Monday, he increased his goal tally to 40, thus surpassing Haaland’s record. There are 39 of them.
Ronaldo, 38, is surpassing the number of footballers like him Haaland anyone Mbappe They are in the prime of their careers. Something unexpected happened after the World Cup in Qatar, but it confirmed that we were dealing with a unique player. This season he has once again set the benchmark for Al Nasr and remains the league’s top scorer with ten goals in nine games. No one can beat him.Neither maneneither Benzema, Neither Neymar, Neither Firmino… No one can keep up with Cristiano’s scoring pace.
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Slovakia
His statistics at club level are outstanding, but his record with the Portuguese national team is also impressive. In this final break, he scored four goals in two games and confirmed his presence in the new European Cup.
In 2022, he played 12 games for the Portuguese team and scored 3 goals, but in 2023, he broke out.Since coming to the bench Roberto Martinez He scored ten goals in seven games. The Portuguese striker scored 72 goals in the national team jersey after turning 30 years old. These statistics make him the top scorer in the history of the national team.
900 goals is a number imposed on himself by Ronaldo, who has become one of the most lethal shooters in history.After scoring 859 points, he will be looking to continue climbing to four figures, and to do so he will have to do everything he can: “It will be quite difficult, but it is to see my mental state and motivation. Yeah, Physically, my legs treat me like I treat them… We’ll see, they’re little stages. Before we get to 1,000, first we have to get to 900. I think I’ll make it happen,” He objected after the game Slovakia.