{"id":14299,"date":"2023-12-01T13:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/?p=14299"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:52:50","slug":"ronaldo-and-the-story-of-the-riyadh-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/league-news\/ronaldo-and-the-story-of-the-riyadh-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo and the story of the Riyadh derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Portugal&#8217;s First Al-nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo has a track record in derby matches, having tested them in several countries such as Portugal, Spain, England and Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"> before fighting the Riyadh derby against the traditional rivals of Al-hilal on Friday, at the King Fahd Sports City Stadium, in the 15 Riyadh Expo 2030 Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Cristiano succeeded in scoring 32 goals during his previous derby games in Lisbon Derbies, Manchester, Madrid, Turin and Riyadh, where he played some 52 derby matches in all competitions, scoring 32 goals and making 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648 \ud83c\udd9a \u0645\u064a\u062a\u0631\u0648\u0641\u064a\u062a\u0634<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0646 \u0633\u064a\u0647\u0632 \u0634\u0628\u0627\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0635\u0645 \u0623\u0648\u0644\u064b\u0627\u2753<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a_\u0631\u0648\u0634\u0646_\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1SFTnF7Ih\">pic.twitter.com\/P1SFTnF7Ih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SSC (@ssc_sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ssc_sports\/status\/1730567570724401232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Cristiano Ronaldo played one game in the Lisbon derby, which brings together his old Sporting side with historic rivals Benfica, when they lost it by &#8220;0-2&#8221; during the 2002-2003 Portuguese League season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">After moving to England, Cristiano made 12 appearances in the Manchester City derby, playing for Manchester United against Manchester City. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Don won 7 with one draw and his side conceded 4 losses, scoring 4 goals and setting up two during 12 games in the Manchester derby during the Premier League and England Cup tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">In Spain, the Portuguese made 31 appearances in the Madrid derby between his former team Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, during which he won 15 wins in the Real Jersey in various domestic and continental competitions against Atletico, scoring 22 goals with his industry 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">In Italy, Cristiano Ronaldo played 6 games in the Turin derby, scoring 4 goals and setting up a goal, leading his former side Juventus to victory over Turin in 4 games with two draws without receiving any loss in that period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">When he arrived in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo played one derby in the Saudi Roshen League last season, when his team lost victory against <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/club\/al-hilal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al-Hilal<\/a> by 0-2 without scoring, to return and lead Al-nassr against his neighbor in the King Salman Cup Club Final by 2-1, after scoring both goals to win his team in the final.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_231201_140420_659.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal&#8217;s First Al-nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo has a track record in derby matches, having tested them in several countries such as Portugal, Spain, England and Italy. before fighting the Riyadh derby against the traditional rivals of Al-hilal on Friday, at the King Fahd Sports City Stadium, in the 15 Riyadh Expo 2030 Tour. 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