Al-Nassr lost the top of the Saudi League and Cristiano Ronaldo was left in the eye of the storm: the play that aroused ridicule and the gesture of controversy

Cristiano Ronaldo lost for the first time Saudi Pro League against the rival who will fight inch by inch for the title until the last day with his team: Al-Ittihad. Al-Nasr fell 1-0 with a goal from the Brazilian Romarinho about the end of the match and those led by rudi garcia they fell to second position in the domestic championship. After scoring eight goals in four games during February, all eyes were on the Portuguese for will make the difference in the duel between the two best teams of the contest.

Against all odds, the 38-year-old striker struggled to come into play and was unable to inspire his team, who suffered a deserved defeat. In a first half with no chance of scoring, the hosts had the best chances but failed to open the scoring. Ronaldo had a chance before the break with a shot that the goalkeeper stopped Marcelo Grohebut in case of converting it would have been annulled since the Portuguese star was offside.

Al-Ittihad, aware that they needed to add three to overcome their current rival in the table, took the initiative after the break and looked for the first goal. The Brazilian figure Romarinho appeared when the clock was running out on Al-Ittihad’s chances of becoming the new leader of the Saudi Pro League: he received a ball on the edge of the large area, gave a good first touch that left him one-on-one and he calmly sent the ball into the back of the net to put his team ahead.

Al-Nassr barely showed signs of getting back into contention for the match and there was even time for Cristiano to have one last chance to salvage a point for his team. On their only clear chance of the match, CR7 found space a few meters from the goal and He finished with his left foot towards the corner, but Grohe stopped the ball with a great save.

Once the Spanish referee Antonio Matheu Lahoz marked the end of the match, the Portuguese was clearly frustrated to the level that He even threatened to throw the captain’s ribbon to the ground when he left the field of play and entered the changing room tunnel. Social networks mocked Ronaldo’s performance with a free kick that he launched into the stands and an inconsequential bicycle that he executed to later pass the ball to a teammate who was against the band.

At the end of the day, Al-Ittihad moved one point above Al-Nassr for the top spot in the Saudi Pro League. In the absence of ten games for the closing of the championship. The next commitment of the luso has a date for Tuesday, March 14, when he will face the Ava Club for the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup of Champions.

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