Cristiano Ronaldo trounces Karim Benzema
Cristiano Ronaldo trounces Karim Benzema
Tuesday evening Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr soundly defeated Karim Benzema's Al Ittihad. 5-2 was the final result, with CR7’s double (and Sadio mané in addition to Talisca’s goal) for Al Nassr and Abderrazak Hamdallah’s double for Al Ittihad. Dry Karim Benzema.
It's the third consecutive defeat for the French star’s team, which occupies sixth place in the Saudi Pro League standings. Second, on the other hand, is Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr: with 43 points collected in 18 games, the yellow-blue are behind only Al Hilal (which has yet to lose in the league).
Cristiano Ronaldo è moved to Saudi Arabia in January after his turbulent divorce from Manchester United, while Karim Benzema joined him last summer. In the last market session there were plenty of champions who decided to leave Europe to try the new Saudi experience.