Ronaldo overshadowed by prolific team mate Talisca at Al-Nassr | Football News – Times of India

Prolific scorer Cristiano Ronaldo has more than one goal per game ratio since joining Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr, netting 11 goals in nine league games, but still remains a distant second in the team’s top-scorers list.
Ronaldo’s teammate Anderson Talisca of Brazil leads the list with 16 goals, which is also the joint highest in the league.
Ronaldo continues to find the net in Saudi, scoring two goals against Al-Adalah on Tuesday.
But the Brazilian Talisca also hit the net twice in the 5-0 victory over Al-Adalah to level with former Manchester United and Watford forward Odion Ighalo who plays for Al-Hilal in the Saudi league.

Anderson Talisca
Al-Nassr, who signed 38-year-old Ronaldo in January until 2025 in a contract estimated by media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($219 million), are second in the league standings on 52 points, one behind leaders Al-Ittihad.
There are eight games remaining in the season for each team.
“Every top player does his job. My full focus is on Al-Nassr winning, not on being the league’s top scorer. My main goal is to lead the team to win, and then everything else will come,” Talisca told Saudi’s SSC channel through a translator.

Just before the international break, Ronaldo handed Talisca the task of converting the winning penalty against Abha four minutes from time, which the Brazilian scored and described the gesture as “mutual respect” from Portugal captain.
On Tuesday, Al-Nassr took the lead from a penalty in the first half, but this time Ronaldo decided to take it and scored to reach double figures for the season.
(With inputs from Reuters)