Cristiano Ronaldo played his 1,200th career match last weekend, and the president used a passing performance to keep Riyadh's hopes of winning the league title alive. After a three-day break, Riyadh Victory ushered in the Copa del Rey 1 4 finals and went to the away game against Riyadh Youth. The two sides met once at the beginning of the season, when Riyadh won 4-0, and whether they can beat their city rivals twice has become the focus of fans' attention. With the home team fans shouting Messi, Ronaldo responded to the provocation with a goal, set two records, and led the team to defeat the opponent 5-2 and successfully advanced to the next round.
Despite the tight schedule, Riyadh Victory did not relax, and the game continued to use a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Cristiano Ronaldo continuing to rush forward, Otavio playing as a midfielder, Mane, Fofana and Brozovic three new signings coming on together, Laporte in the defensive line, and Talisca being rested.
On the youth side of Riyadh, Carrasco and Seth, who are familiar to fans, took the lead. As the referee blew the whistle, the two teams started to attack, and the Riyadh youth were not afraid of Riyadh's victory. In the 13th minute, Riyadh Victory took a set-piece in front of the court, Ronaldo hit the human wall, the ball fell sharply and went straight to the dead corner, and Kim Seung-kyu flew to save the ball.
1 minute later, Carrasco changed direction in the box and was tripped by Gharib and fell to the ground, penalty! Carrasco took the penalty himself, but he slipped and fell, kicking the ball into the stands.
Riyadh, who escaped the catastrophe, broke the deadlock in victory, and in the 17th minute, Fofana went straight to the front of the penalty area, Mane followed up and pushed the shot and was saved, and the former shot into the net, 1-0! In the 23rd minute, Hanam's pass from the right side, Fofana made the ball with his heel, and Ronaldo followed up with a volley of high quality, but Kim Sung-kyu responded with a wonderful save, and Riyadh Victory failed to extend its advantage.
Carrasco made up for it, with a very accurate corner cross, and assisted Júnior's header to help Riyadh Youth equalize 1-1! However, the Riyadh victory did not make the opponent happy for longIn the 28th minute, Ronaldo cleared the ball with a header in his own penalty area, Mane got the ball and ran for a long time to instigate a counterattack, and then received a selfless cross from Otavio, and hit the net in front of the goal, and the score came to 2-1!
In stoppage time of the half, Riyadh won another goal: Otavio split the ball on the left side, Brozovic inserted a cross, Ronaldo attracted firepower in front of a clever leak, Gharib inserted a push in the back row to score, 3-1!
In the 51st minute, Brozovic split the ball, and Ronaldo shot hard from outside the penalty area, and the ball was a little outrageous. Ronaldo was also a little embarrassed, and immediately reached out to apologize to his teammates.
Interestingly, Riyadh youth fans have been riding their faces and shouting Messi at Ronaldo, and the president pointed to his ears to shoot back. In the 75th minute, a historic moment came, Ronaldo reversed the triangle and knocked back to instigate a counterattack, and then received a wonderful pass from Otavio, and shot low into the net with a single knife, rewriting the score to 4-1!
It was Ronaldo's first goal of the season in the Copa del Rey, with 26 goals in 28 games in all competitions. So far in 2023, Ronaldo has contributed 50 goals in 54 appearances for club and country, equalling Erling Haaland and tying for the top scorer of the year. In addition, Ronaldo scored the 741st goal of his club career, and the total number of career goals reached 869, both of which set a new record for himself.
The game went into garbage time, and Ronaldo was also substituted in the 83rd minute, and the president clocked out early. In the 90th minute, Carrasco's long-range shot was saved, and **Bu followed up with the follow-up shot, and Riyadh Youth pulled one back! However, before the end of the game, Mane assisted Malan to eat cakes, and Riyadh won to set the score at 5-2!
In the end, Riyadh won a 5-2 double defeat of Riyadh Youth and easily advanced to the semifinals.