For majority of his profession, Cristiano Ronaldo earned his title by scoring targets from obscure angles and being an absolute objective poacher. Nonetheless, the 37-year-old Portuguese has discovered it powerful to reside as much as his repute of late.
Since his arrival at Al Nassr, Ronaldo has scored solely twice, that too for Saudi All Star in opposition to Paris Saint Germain in an exhibition sport. A sport PSG gained 4-5. Since then, Al Nassr have misplaced the Saudi Tremendous Cup semifinal in opposition to Al-Ittihad, a defeat after which the star ahead got here underneath scrutiny.
After the match, Al Nassr supervisor Rudi Garcia put some blame on that gilt edged likelihood by Ronaldo as one of many causes for dropping the match. “One of many issues that modified the course of the match was Cristiano Ronaldo’s missed alternative within the first half,” he mentioned.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s open objective miss in opposition to Al Fateh 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/o6VRQ1WaLb
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In his most up-to-date outing, the Saudi Professional league membership dew 2-2 with Al Fateh. A sport that noticed Ronaldo miss from contained in the field in entrance of an empty objective.
Within the first half, with Al Fateh main, Al Nassr’s Talisca hit the far submit following a transfer from the left. Within the observe up, Ronaldo had an empty objective gaping, with the Al Fateh goalkeeper nonetheless on floor after a dive. The Portuguese nonetheless, skied the shot over.
Later within the sport, Ronaldo transformed from the spot to equalise within the stoppage time of the second half as Al Nassr shared some extent with the house crew.
Ronaldo had been a free agent after his contract was terminated by Manchester United in November final yr following an explosive TV interview wherein he criticized supervisor Erik ten Hag and the membership’s house owners after having been repeatedly benched and even quickly suspended by the membership.