The video of the tirade sent to sidereal height by a partner of Cristiano Ronaldo during the last match of the Saudi championship has gone viral: the expression of the Portuguese champion says it all.
When there are 9 matches left in the Saudi Pro League, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr are second in the standings behind Al Ittihad, with only one point separating the two formations (50 against 49): they will in all likelihood be the ones to contend for the title in the final sprint, given that Al Shabab is third and further behind. Last Saturday, Al Ittihad won away from home 5-1 and shortly after, Al Nassr responded not without some difficulty, beating Abha, a low-ranked team within the friendly walls.
A painful victory, which came from a comeback in the last minutes after the initial deficit in the first half. Ronaldo took care of evening the score in the 78th minute with a free-kick from a very long distance which also revealed the very low level of the opposing goalkeeper.
After the goal, the 38-year-old Portuguese striker made sweeping gestures towards the crowd, charging them with the ball for the final siege, like the true leader he feels even in his declining end-of-career adventure. And the success came just before the end, thanks to a penalty kick that CR7 generously handed over to his teammate Talisca, who can thus continue to chase the title of top scorer in the championship.
Nightmare for Cristiano Ronaldo, heavy defeat and nervousness: fury on leaving the field
It is hard for Ronaldo, who has scored 9 goals in 8 games played, to be part of a team whose technical level is decidedly low: the champion from Madeira, despite all his efforts, he really can’t accept the bad mistakes of his companions and the body language gives him away. It also happened in the last match, when he saw the ball advance on the trocar Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem28-year-old Saudi midfielder.
Cristiano was stationed in the center of the area waiting for a good ball, but instead he watched horrified at a shot from outside the area that sent the ball to sidereal height. As the ball rounded into a corner, images showed a nauseated Ronaldo, motionless with his hands resting on his hips. Perhaps he wondered who made him go and play at those latitudes: a thought that probably lasted a moment, the time to think about his monstrous salary which should guarantee him almost 500 million until 2025.
