Cristiano Ronaldo acquired a yellow card, failed to attain, and was substituted for the primary time since his transfer to Saudi Arabia as his goalless run for Al-Nassr continued.
Ronaldo’s facet beat Abha 3-1 within the King’s Cup on Tuesday however the Portuguese failed to attain for the third consecutive recreation and remains to be to open his account at Al-Nassr stadium.
Ronaldo was booked after Latvian referee Andris Treimanis ended the primary half when Al-Nassr had the prospect to launch a counter-attack.
With Al-Nassr main 2-0, Ronaldo angrily grabbed the ball when the half-time whistle blew after which booted it away, which noticed the referee convey out a yellow card.
Al-Nassr scored a 3rd within the second half earlier than Ronaldo was changed within the 87th minute by Anderson Talisca, the league’s prime scorer coming back from harm.
Ronaldo was seen kicking away water bottles earlier than going up the tunnel after a 1-0 defeat to rivals Al-Ittihad final Thursday.
Al-Nassr coach Rudi Garcia mentioned Ronaldo’s “presence gives the opposing teams an incentive to play the game of their lives against him” as his goalless run continued.