Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 400th goal since turning 30 with a superb opening strike in Al Nassr’s 2-0 win over Al Khaleej in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday.
Ronaldo, 38, picked up the ball on the edge of the penalty area in the 26th minute and turned his marker, who was left on the floor after the Portugal forward then faked to shoot.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star took a touch to set himself before firing the ball into the roof of the net from just outside the penalty arc.
He’s done it again
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN)
It was Ronaldo’s 12th league goal this season, which puts him top of the standings ahead of Aleksandar Mitrovic, who joined Al Hilal from Fulham during August.
Al Nassr had earlier seen a g…
Former Borussia Dortmund coach Matthias Sammer has described the club s players as immature after their shock 2-1 Bundesliga defeat to Augsburg on Friday.
The loss means reigning champions Bayern Munich can move level on points with Dortmund at the league summit if they beat Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Lucien Favre s side have now won just once in their last five games and Sammer has warned Dortmund s players that they need to change their mentality swiftly if they are to win a first Bundesliga title since 2012.
Because they have already been German champions, there are expectations on Dortmund, the 51-year-old told Eurosport.
But they are immature. The game was decided in the head. You have seen for a while now that they do not know what to…
According to a recent report from Marca, there are a series of clubs believed to be interested in signing Thomas Partey. The 25 year old has been with Atletico Madrid since 2012, joining the senior team three years later in 2015. He is also a Ghana international, and has been turning heads for quite some time now at the highest level.
The reason that there is so much interest right now is because it was recently revealed that he has a £43 million buyout clause. That’s the kind of figure that many top clubs around Europe are capable of paying, with offers being set to come in from both Italy and England.
Atletico have always made it known that they’ll try and keep hold of their biggest stars by any means necessary, but they may not have a choice in this one – espe…
AC Milan head coach Gennaro Gattuso admitted he ate a live snail before the club s 2010 Champions League last-16 clash against Manchester United to ease tension within the squad.
Gattuso s Milan are preparing for Wednesday s Coppa Italia final against Serie A champions Juventus and talk of the 40-year-old s antics during his playing days emerged.
Andrea Pirlo revealed Gattuso had eaten a snail and asked whether his former team-mate s statement was true, the Milan boss shared the bizarre story.
I ve done worse things than eating a snail alive, Gattuso told reporters on Tuesday. The point is, it was not about the snail anyway.
I m saying this because my point is that in that particular moment there was need to do something to break the tension.
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