Cristiano Ronaldo’s show at Al Nasr Stadium: From dancing in celebration of his magnificent headed goal to fury as VAR disallowed his 900th goal
Debuting in the 2024/2025 Saudi Arabian Pro League season, Al-Nasr from Cristiano Ronaldo tied 1-1 at home against Al Raed and they still can’t lift their heads after the heavy defeat they suffered in the Super Cup final against Al-Hilal (1-4). The Portuguese played a tense match, with different emotions and ended up leaving amazed, despite being the author of his team’s only goal.
CR7 He opened the scoring in the 34th minute with a superb header. The Portuguese striker rose to turn in a pass from Sadio Mane to make it 1-0. In addition to his classic celebration of jumping and spinning, with his back to the stands and pointing to the number 7, Cristiano encouraged himself with a dance step, waving his right arm..
In the 49th minute, a penalty area violation occurred by a French defender. Aymeric Laporte which resulted in a draw Mohamed FuzairThe defender avoided a red card and only received a reprimand for the foul.
The 39-year-old, who has made waves on social media in recent hours with the launch of his YouTube channel, put in a fitting performance outside the draw, failing to achieve his long-awaited goal. 900 at club levelas they had a goal disallowed in the 75th minute of the game due to offside with the score at 2-1.
At the request of the semi-automatic VAR, the referee sanctioned an offside, which marked a penalty overtaking Ronaldo’s left shoulder relative to the last defender. He Error He fired the ball into the back of the net from Croatian Marcelo Brozovic, but his shout to the fans about the goal was drowned out.
With Al Nasr looking to win late in the match, an action that caused even more controversy came in the eighth minute of stoppage time when the entire home team called for a penalty for a handball in the box by an Al Raed defender. The referee followed the VAR call, but He found that the player’s arm did not increase in volume after Mane’s shot down the middle. and the match continued, despite the obvious irritation of Cristiano and his teammates.
After their Saudi League debut, Al Nasr will be back next Tuesday, August 27, as guests at Al Faikha and will play again at home on September 13 against Al Ahli Saudi.