In the 19th round of the Saudi League, Riyadh won against Buraidah Cooperation. Riyadh Victory conceded a goal first, then Brozovic and Laporte scored to take the lead, and Otavio scored again. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 54th goal of the year with a stoppage-time goal, beating Haaland and Mbappe. In the end, Riyadh won 4-1 and at the moment, they are still seven points behind the top of the table with the same number of games, and it will be very difficult to catch up.
Before the game, Riyadh Victory (with one game less) was 10 points behind the top of the table, and each game needed three points to have a slight chance of catching up with local rivals Riyadh Crescent. In terms of lineup, Riyadh Victory arranged seven foreign players to start the game, with Talisca, Mane and Ronaldo forming a trident.
Shortly after the break, Otavio knocked the ball back on the left flank, and Ronaldo received the ball with a low shot, which the goalkeeper saved. Subsequently, the home team's attack, Barrow's outflanking shot in the middle of the penalty area was empty, and the scene was a little embarrassing. In the 10th minute, VAR intervened, and an elbow action in the Hanam penalty area hit Pedro, giving Buraidah a penalty, Ronaldo and Amri were dissatisfied with the penalty and both received yellow cards. Mahvedi took the penalty and his shot was saved by Acidi, but the former followed up and fired into the net to make it 1-0, with Buraidah leading and Aqidi doing his best. After that, the home team's attack, Mateus cut inside on the right and fired a low shot, which Achidi fell to save.
In the 26th minute, Talisca sent a through ball, Brozovic cut in to form a one-on-one knife, and he calmly pushed the ball to equalize the score, 1-1!With a top star like Cristiano Ronaldo, Riyadh Victory has enough offensive firepower, but the problem is defensive instability. Riyadh Victory continued to attack, Otavio headed high and Talisca burst into the right side of the box and fired a shot that was blocked. After that, the corner kick was taken, Amri's header hit the crossbar, and the corner kick continued, Laporte's header went into the net, 1-2, Riyadh Victory Score Lead!In stoppage time, Ronaldo formed a one-on-one momentum, he chose to knock the ball horizontally, no teammate outflanked him, but Ronaldo was also offside. At half-time, Riyadh Victory temporarily led 2-1.
In the 50th minute, Mane split the ball to the left side, Brozovic followed up in front of the goal, the defender cleared the ball and did not kick far, Otavio took advantage of the situation and scored with a push, 3-1, Riyadh Victory basically locked the win. After that, Brozovic picked out a cross down the middle, and Ronaldo followed up to form a one-on-one shot, but he missed a great chance after passing the goalkeeper. After that, Talisca shot went high and one of Barrow's shots was blocked.
After that, with the cooperation of tactical corners, Ronaldo hit the post with a burst shot on the left side of the penalty area, and once again missed the goal, and today he was a little bit close to scoring luck. The pace of the game slowed down after that, Mahvedi fired wide from distance, Cristiano Ronaldo flanked wide from the middle of the box, and Adam's shot was saved by Akidi. In the 92nd minute, Fofana crossed from the right, and Ronaldo scored with a header, 4-1!