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Football: Ronaldo one step away from 900th goal | News India

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Portuguese star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning free-kick to give his Al Nasser club a 4-1 win against Al Fayha in the Saudi Pro League, taking his career tally to 899 and just one goal short of 900 goals, the milestone is far away

39-year-old footballer Ronaldo scored the 64th goal of his career on a free kick and is one goal ahead of Argentina's Lionel Messi who is the top scorer in this exclusive club. Ronaldo also holds a unique record. He has scored at least one free kick goal in 23 consecutive seasons.

In addition to Ronaldo's free kick goal in Al Nassr's victory, Talisca scored in the fifth and 90 plus fifth minutes and Marcelo Brozovic in the 85th minute. For Al Fayha, Faison Sakala reduced the margin of defeat by scoring the only goal for the club in the 86th minute. This is also Al Nasr's first win of the season. The first match against Al Raed was drawn 1-1 and Al Nasr are second in the league table. Ronaldo scored 44 goals in 45 matches last season and assisted his teammates 13 times. In the current season, Ronaldo has scored four goals in four matches, including two goals in the Saudi Super Cup.