Cristiano Ronaldo’s journey through Saudi Arabia has not been a pleasant one and last night the Portuguese striker lost his temper again after conceding another defeat against Al-Nassar, who, with six games to go in the season, complicates his options for become champion.
The local fans of Al-Hilal fired the former Manchester United man with shouts of ‘Messi, Messi’, something that the footballer did not like at all. The obscene response from the Portuguese was to withdraw from the pitch, taking his hands to his genitals. A new rudeness that reflects the frustration of an adventure that is not going as he planned when he left the Premier League in January.
Yesterday, another former Manchester United player, Odion Ighalo, was the star of the game scoring the two goals that proclaimed Al-Hilal the winner. Ronaldo was not successful in the game and not only went blank. He received a yellow card in the 57th minute after tangling with Gustavo Cuellar and things got worse from there.
The 38-year-old had a goal disallowed for offside on 77 minutes and six minutes later, after receiving a penalty, the video assistant referee reversed the decision.
To finish off a night to forget, the striker was mocked by the Al-Hilal fans, who waved Leo Messi shirts and chanted the name of the Portuguese’s arch-enemy, who could not repress himself and said goodbye with this obscene gesture.
After signing for Al-Nassar last January, in exchange for a million-dollar contract, Cristiano Ronaldo started his adventure in Saudi Arabia on the right foot, scoring eight goals in his first five games, but he has not been able to keep up and now his team is three points behind the leader, Al-Ittihad, who has played one game less, with three days to go.
