Now he almost punched the referee. Cristiano Ronaldo, 39, of Al Nasr, was shown a red card for a punch that didn’t cover either the opponent or the referee.
Al Nasr were eliminated from the 2023-2024 Saudi Super Cup semifinals after a 1-2 loss to Al Hilal at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
The loss means Al Nasr will likely finish the season unbeaten. In the league, they are 12 points behind first-place Al Hilal (77 points), making an upset virtually impossible. In the cup competition, they were eliminated in the last four, ending their hopes of reaching the final.
Ronaldo started the game and was on the field. Along with Sadio Mane and Otavio, he formed a spectacular attacking line.
However, they couldn’t prevent their team from losing. Ronaldo was repeatedly caught in offside traps and had his minutes cut. 토토사이트 At the end of the first half, he was cautioned for protesting the referee. His lack of presence was compounded when he was sent off for a ridiculous act of violence that embarrassed the team.
Ronaldo’s incident occurred in the 40th minute, when his team was trailing 0-2.
He punched an opposing defender, Al-Boulayhi, who was trying to get in his way of a ball that went out to the sideline. It was a violent act, with the elbow raised dangerously, and the referee immediately pointed to the red card.
But Ronaldo didn”t see it coming. He suddenly raised his fist in the air as if he was going to punch the referee, who had his back turned. It”s lucky that he didn”t actually punch him, only giving him a thumbs up.
Ronaldo didn’t get any minutes off until he was booed off the field. He repeatedly pointed at the referee and the crowd to mocking applause, and it was ugly all the way through.
Al Nasr pulled within one goal through Mane after Ronaldo’s sending off. But they couldn’t overcome their numerical disadvantage and lost 1-2.
This is where Ronaldo’s sending off became even more devastating.
“Ronaldo was sent off for what appeared to be an elbow to the chest of an opponent, after which he was overcome with the urge to punch the referee,” said The Sun, adding, “The 39-year-old was frustrated and the crowd taunted him with ‘Messi’ chants.” “It was arguably the worst game of Ronaldo’s career,” said Daily Sport.
Al-Bulaihi and Ronaldo also had a falling out last season. Ronaldo was the winner that time, as he accused Al Boulayhi of doing Hollywood moves, 파워볼실시간 and the latter was sent off for accumulating cautions.
The Saudi national team defender has a reputation as a troublemaker. “He has clashed with the likes of Lionel Messi and Son Heung-min,” says The Sun. He confronted Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, telling him, ‘You can’t win. At the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, he pushed Son Heung-min, who smiled as they exchanged words and didn’t react when he pulled his hair.”