Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to Al-Nassr’s loss in Saudi Super Cup© X (Twitter)
Cristiano Ronaldo was left fuming after Al Nassr have been overwhelmed comprehensively by Al Hilal within the Saudi Super Cup on Saturday. Ronaldo has not gained a single home trophy in Saudi Arabia since becoming a member of Al Nassr and this wait continues as Al Hilal thrashed his facet 4-1. Following the fourth Al-Hilal objective, Ronaldo couldn’t disguise his disappointment together with his teammates and his alleged obscene gestures on the sector has gone viral on social media. Ronaldo could possibly be seen throwing his arms up in frustration earlier than exhibiting that the staff is asleep and one other gesture that has brought on fairly a little bit of controversy.
Coming to the match, Al Nassr took the lead within the Saudi Super Cup because of a objective from Ronaldo simply earlier than the half-time. However, Al Hilal accomplished a sensational comeback by scoring 4 targets in a span of simply 17 minutes to clinch the match and depart Ronaldo fully annoyed.
“Cristiano Ronaldo”:
Por los gestos que hizo a sus compañeros de Al Nassr en la #SaudiSuperCup pic.twitter.com/RJbemcDVue
— ¿Por qué es tendencia? (@porquetendencia) August 17, 2024
The second half fully belonged to Al Hilal as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic struck first following a superb trade of passes with Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Eight minutes later, it was Mitrovic who discovered the again of the online as he headed in an ideal cross from Ruben Neves to depart the Al Nassr goalkeeper fully surprised.
Things received worse as Mitrovic doubled his tally after receiving a pinpoint cross from Malcolm and his highly effective shot didn’t give Al Nassr any probability of stopping the third objective.
The icing on the cake got here within the 72nd minute as Malcolm capitalised on an error from Al Nassr goalkeeper Bento and comfortably slotted the objective into the online from shut vary.
“We confirmed how good we’re within the second half,” Mitrovic stated.
“We had some issues within the first half after which modified within the second. We stayed calm and it feels good to get a trophy at the beginning of the season,” he added.
