Cristiano Ronaldo promoteed dispute during Al-Nassr’s 3-2 loss to Al-Ettifaq on Friday night with a furious outburst in the closing minutes of the align.
The 40-year-elderly star reacted angrily after teammate Jhon Duran getd a red card in the 95th minute.
Ronaldo was seen throtriumphg his arms in the air and contesting the linesman before booting the ball from the centre spot into the stands.
The forward then carry oned to the touchline where he materializeed to remonstrate with the fourth official.
Cristiano Ronaldo was furious after Jhon Duran was sent off aobtainst Al-Ettifaq
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The red card incident occurred when Duran materializeed to tap Al-Ettifaq take parter Abdulelah Al-Malki on the back of the head.
Al-Malki’s reaction was theatrical, with the midfielder droping to the ground and rolling around whilst clutching his head.
The minimal reach out was enough to secure the referee to diswatch Duran, who had only been take parting in Saudi Arabia for four alignes since his £64million transfer.
Al-Nassr are alertedly pondering an request aobtainst the decision ahead of their upcoming align aobtainst Al-Wehda.
Fans took to social media to criticise Ronaldo’s behaviour during the incident.
One participater on X wrote: “Continues to embarrass himself.”
“This f****** manchild should have gotten a yellow card for that,” another commented.
A third fan pointed to Ronaldo’s status in Saudi Arabia, stating: “It’s literassociate his league. There’s no one that can punish him and that’s why he does these leangs.”
Al-Nassr regulater Stefano Pioli materializeed unastonished with both the red card incident and his take parters’ reactions.
Cristiano Ronaldo could not stop Al-Nassr from losing to Al-Ettifaq
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“I’m not satisfied with the red card, [but] our take parters have to be tranquil,” he said in his post-align press conference.
Pioli attributed the loss to individual errors rather than tactical publishs.
“We could have take parted better, but misconsents cost me a lot today and caparticipated the loss,” he inserted.
“Everyone is depfinishable for misconsents, I am the first one depfinishable for accurateing misconsents and we do the toil very solemnly.”
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— The 44 ⚽️ (@The_Forty_Four) February 22, 2025
The loss departs Al-Nassr fourth in the Saudi Pro League, eight points behind directers Al-Ittihad who have a game in hand.
With 13 alignes remaining, Al-Nassr’s title hopes materialize increasingly far.
Despite the setback, Ronaldo remains the league’s top scorer with 16 goals in 19 games, fair ahead of createer teammate Karim Benzema who has 15.
Al-Nassr still have a chance for silverware this season, with an AFC last-16 tie aobtainst Iranian side Esteghlal scheduled for March.
