Cristiano Ronaldo He had a performance to forget this Monday in Al-Nassr’s defeat against Al-Hilal (2-1) in the semifinals of the Saudi Arabia Super Cup where the Portuguese star ended up expelled and with an attempted attack against the main referee of the commitment.
CR7 could not help his team suffer a new setback against Al-Hilal and his frustration translated into an attack against an opponent at the end of the match when they were already down on the scoreboard due to goals from Salem Al Dawsari ( m.61) and the Brazilian Malcom (m.72).
In an attempt to play a throw-in as quickly as possible, Cristiano Ronaldo He faced Brazilian Renan Lodi, whom he ended up elbowing a couple of times to get him off of him. Tempers immediately flared up with shoving between players from one team to another.
However, the most serious thing of all came after the main referee showed Cristiano Ronaldo the red card (m.86). The Portuguese star, just turned 39, threatened to hit the referee while he had his back turned, according to what could be seen in the broadcast.
With one less player after the expulsion of the Portuguese, Al-Nassr still showed signs of seeking an equalizer and ended up scoring the injury goal through the Senegalese Sadio Mané (m.97), but the reaction was not enough for them to suffer a new setback at the hands of Al-Hilal.
This season Cristiano Ronaldo and his team have not had much luck against Al-Hilal. The absolute leader of the Saudi Pro League won the first duel between the two for the Arab championship last December (3-0). They later won again in a friendly in February (2-0).
12 points from the top in the Arab championship, eliminated from the Asian Champions League and now from the Saudi Arabia Super Cup, Al-Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo’s season is not meeting expectations. The Portuguese and his team can only win the King Cup in which they are in the semi-finals.
Not even the good individual performance of Cristiano Ronaldo, who remains the top scorer in the local tournament with 29 goals and his eight goals in his last five games, prevented a new setback for the team led by the also Portuguese Luis Castro.
For its part, Al-Hilal remains unstoppable and will now face each other this Thursday in the final of the Saudi Arabia Super Cup against Al-Ittihad of Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, who won this Monday against Al-Wehda (2-1 ) in the return to goal by Frenchman Karim Benzema after almost four months of drought.
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