Cristiano Ronaldo had one of his worst games played since he landed in Saudi Arabia and joined Al Nassr, losing 1 goal to 0 against Al Ain, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League.
The 39-year-old striker and captain of the Portuguese national team did not have the best performance on the field of play. and it couldn’t have been the same destabilizing CR7 and Al Nassr simply couldn’t against those led by the Argentine legend, Hernán Crespo. Al Ain consolidated itself in the match by scoring the only goal in the 44th minute of play in the first half of the match, thanks to Soufiane Rahimi, in an action where Al Nassr’s goalkeeper, the Colombian David Ospina, could not do nothing to avoid it.
An impressive and technical play
The goal of the Arab Emirates squad would come thanks to a masterful assist from the Paraguayan player Alejandro Romero Gamarra. It should be noted that the Spanish player Aymeric Laporte was expelled from the match in the final minutes of the match, at the precise moment when ‘El Bicho’ almost tied the match with a half-court goal and narrowly missed the goal defended by Khalid. Eisa.
The fans continue to provoke Cristiano
As has happened throughout the season, fans of Al Nassr’s rival teams continue to provoke the most Ronaldo with the songs in reference to the star of Inter Miami of the Major League Soccer, Lionel Andrés Messi and on this occasion those who made an appearance at the Hazza Bin Zayed stadium, did not waste time and sang at the top of their lungs the “Meeessi, Meeessi ”.
On this occasion and with a salary sanction and a very fresh match, Ronaldo did not react in a bad way and simply ignored the provocation from Al Ain fans.
Ronaldo sought to emulate Ronaldinho Gaúcho
However, there was a passage of the match that once again aroused the provocations of the Al Ain fans but this time in the form of mockery and also reached Internet users on social networks; The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus player tried to imitate a dribble previously performed by Brazilian Ronaldinho Gaúcho, a bicycle with tread, but finally trippedthe ball was a little behind him, and that was when Yahia Nader and the Argentine Matías Palacios came into action aggressively to steal the ball and Ronaldo fell to the grass.
“I can finally say that I play like Cristiano Ronaldo,” joked a user of the social network X (formerly Twitter). Why did you need them? “They should have let him bargain and embarrass himself more.” he lamented for a second. “Being embarrassed in the Camel League,” mocked a third. “I’m crying, what the hell was I trying to do,” another asked.
However, and in the face of all the mockery and provocations that the Portuguese has received, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be and make a difference every time he steps on a football field. CR7 has accumulated a total of 42 goals, has distributed 13 assists in 49 games playedsomething that is very surprising for the top scorer of the 2023 season.
Ronaldo close to retirement?
“Cristiano, one more year and then it’s over,” were the words of Ronaldo’s partner, Georgina Rodríguez in a conversation he had at Fashion Week in France. Then they asked him again: “a year?”, and Rodríguez made it clear that “maybe two. I don’t know”. Ronaldo has a contract with Al Nassr until June 2025.
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