Cristiano Ronaldo failed to lift the trophy again in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Nasr suffered a 1-4 defeat in the 2024 Saudi Super Cup final against Al-Hilal at the Sultan bin Abdulaziz’s Sports City Stadium in Abkhazia on the 18th (Korea time).
Ronaldo scored the first goal in the 44th minute of the first half to finish the game in the lead. However, he gave up four goals in the second half with a devastating performance.
Al-Nasr, who allowed Sergei Milinkovic-Savic to equalize in the 10th minute of the second half, was dragged away by Aleksandar Mitrovic in the 18th and 24th minutes of the second half.
Al-Nasr’s defense completely collapsed in the fourth loss. In the 26th minute of the second half, goalkeeper Bento lost the ball to Malcolm in the box as his first touch went long while receiving a pass from the defense. Malcolm pushed the ball comfortably and sealed it.
Ronaldo criticized his teammates by making a hand gesture, saying, “Are you sleeping?” at the fourth loss. Ronaldo, who was disappointed, kept saying something to his teammates, but his performance did not recover.
At the end of the second half, Ronaldo himself broke his will to chase by flying the ball into the air at the opportunity of a free kick.
Ronaldo, who moved to Saudi Arabia’s professional league Al Nasr in January last year with a promise of a huge salary, has not lifted a single trophy so far.
Although Ronaldo won the Arab Club Championship Cup last year, the tournament has not been officially recognized by FIFA. Ronaldo has not won an official tournament in the last three years.
Ronaldo’s last win was in Coppa Italia, which he joined as a member of Juventus (Italy) in the 2020-2021 season. Ronaldo, who also won the Supercopa in this season, moved to his former club Manchester United in a surprise move that summer and failed to win the title. 토토사이트
Ronaldo’s complaint eventually turned out to be an act. Ronaldo did not attend the ceremony after the game. The runner-up was supposed to receive a medal as well, but he went home empty-handed.
Ronaldo scored one goal and one assist in the semi-final against Al Town earlier, and still showed scoring productivity by scoring the first goal of the game, but after the final defeat, he was at the center of controversy again for his behavior that showed no respect for the organizers or opponents.
Al-Hilal won the Super Cup for the second consecutive year since last year, and it is his fifth career championship. This is the most wins in a competition, ahead of Al-Nasr (three times).
Ronaldo has not won a single match against Al Hilal since moving to Al Nasr. He was humiliated by one draw and five losses in six matches, and this was his first score against Al Hilal.
The Saudi professional league will kick off on the 23rd. Al-Nasr will invite Al-Raed to play the opening match at Al-Awal Stadium, his home stadium in Riyadh.
