Manchester United Coach, Erik Ten Hag, seems to regret it after seeing the enormity of Cristiano Ronaldo who managed to score his 50th goal in 2023. As is known, Cristiano Ronaldo has just scored his 50th goal in 2023 in the 2023-2024 Saudi Arabian King’s Cup match. between Al Nassr and Al Shabab at Al Shabab Club Stadium, Tuesday, December 12 2023.
In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo successfully contributed one goal for Al Nassr’s big 5-2 victory. The other four goals were scored by Seko Fofana, Abdurrahman Ghareeb, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Maran respectively.
By scoring his 50th goal, Cristiano Ronaldo is now the player with the most goals scored in 2023. He is tied with Manchester City’s striker, Erling Haaland. This is a very extraordinary record, considering that Cristiano Ronaldo is 38 years old.
This note also confirms that even though he is no longer young, Cristiano Ronaldo’s greatness has not yet run out. In fact, this record proves that his record in 2022 is only a small decline which is normal for a football player.
Obviously, Erik Ten Hag and Manchester United’s decision to throw away Cristiano Ronaldo in November 022 was very wrong. Because, now Manchester United is performing very badly after the death of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Before joining Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo underwent a less than impressive season at Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United in 2022-2023. At that time, Erik Ten Hag mostly reserved CR7 and chose Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial to fill the front line posts.
If you look at last season’s performance, Marcus Rashford can be said to be good. However, not Anthony Martial. Erik Ten Hag’s dislike of playing Cristiano Ronaldo finally led to a controversial interview that resulted in CR7 – Cristiano Ronaldo’s nickname – being thrown out of the Saudi Arabian League.
However, seeing how fierce Cristiano Ronaldo’s performance will be with Al Nassr and the Portuguese national team in 2023, Erik Ten Hag should regret throwing away the winner of five Ballon d’Or trophies.
The reason is, while Cristiano Ronaldo is rejoicing with his achievements, Erik Ten Hag is miserable because none of his attackers are able to score many goals. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, and Rasmus Hojlund were very sluggish on the front lines.
Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial have only scored two goals together. Meanwhile, Rasmus Hojlund has not scored a goal at all in the 2023-2024 Premier League.
In fact, Scott McTominay, who operates as a midfielder, has scored more goals than all Manchester United strikers this season. This Scottish midfielder has scored five goals in the 2023-2024 Premier League.
It will be interesting to see Cristiano Ronaldo’s continued good performance with Al Nassr and the Portuguese National Team. The more successful Cristiano Ronaldo is, the more Erik Ten Hag is predicted to regret letting go of the megastar.
