Gallardo-Cristiano Ronaldo, clash of titans in Saudi Arabia: the new record that CR7 can beat

On Tuesday they will meet for the first time in an official match Marcelo Gallardo AND Cristiano Ronaldo when he Al Ittihad receive, at 3pm in Argentina (DirecTV), the Al Nassr at the end of day 18 of the Saudi Arabian championship.

They had already met at the beginning of the year in a friendly match featuring a team made up of players from Al Hilal and Al Nassr, led by the former River coach and featuring CR7 on the field, against Paris Saint Germain, still with Lionel Messi, but now The first points clash is approaching.

The team of Doll was beaten after suffering two consecutive defeats, one of them against Al Ahly of Egypt in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, and had to add three against a direct competitor to qualify for the next AFC Champions League.

They are sixth, 12 points behind Al Nassr, the last to enter the continental competition, after one win, one draw and two defeats since the arrival of the Argentine coach. If they don’t qualify this way, they will be eligible even if they manage to become champions of the current Asian Champions League.

Meanwhile, the team whose main character is the Portuguese star, guard of the powerful Al Hilal, will try to close the gap with the leaders, who precede them by ten points with a game more.

Furthermore, Cristiano personally will try to become the top scorer in 2023. He has 51 goals, one less than Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, and they have two games ahead of them to beat the French and Norwegians: Tuesday against Gallardo’s Al Ittihad and Saturday against Al Taawon, also from the Saudi championship.

He too is in the fight Erling Haaland, with 50. Manchester City have two games left in the Premier League, against Everton (27/12) and Sheffield United (30/12), although the Norwegian is in doubt due to the same injury that prevented him from playing part of the team. Club World Cup.

And Lionel Messi? Distant. Rosario played 42 games for Paris Saint Germain, Inter Miami and the Argentina national team and scored “just” 28 goals, his lowest record since 2008 (22).

He was even far from Argentina’s top scorer, which he was German dog. The Fluminense striker, fundamental to the influence that won the first Copa Libertadores in its history, is sixth in the general rankings with 40 goals in 60 games played.

They only surpass Cano Kane and Mbappé (52), Cristiano (51), Haaland (50) and Garbhan Coughlan (41), Irishman from Cashmere Technical of New Zealand.