Cristiano Ronaldo was inconsolable after Al Nassr’s defeat in King’s Cup ultimate© X (Twitter)
Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo was shattered to the core as his Saudi Professional League facet Al-Nassr misplaced the King’s Cup ultimate to rivals Al-Hilal on Friday. The closely-fought tie noticed Ronaldo hitting the submit with a phenomenal bicycle kick, because the match headed into penalties after the conventional time rating remained 1-1. No winner may very well be determined within the extra-time, prompting penalties to be taken the place Al-Hilal emerged triumphant 5-4, leaving Ronaldo tearful and inconsolable. Whereas different gamers would possibly see the Saudi Arabia expertise as a ‘retirement league or competitors’, Ronaldo’s feelings proved that, for him, it was way more than that.
As Al Nassr misplaced the match on penalties, Ronaldo sunk to the turf and was inconsolable as teammates and training employees tried to elevate his spirits. Officers and teammates off the sector accompanied the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, as he sat on the bench with the runners-up medal round his neck.
Cristiano Ronaldo in tears… He is been let down but once more. The story of his profession.pic.twitter.com/Y2K9v8yWa0
— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) Could 31, 2024
Viva Cristiano Ronaldo ceaselessly. pic.twitter.com/Qp9MCzDv3O
— TC (@totalcristiano) Could 31, 2024
For Al Hilal, Serbian ahead Aleksander Mitrovic opened the scoring on the seventh minute earlier than Ayman Yahya of Al Nassr equalised late into the 88th minute. Discovering an equaliser had change into stop powerful for Ronaldo’s facet after their goalkeeper David Ospina had obtained a pink card within the 56th minute.
I like Al Hilal however I have to admit, this bicycle kick from Cristiano Ronaldo deserved to go in…
What an try.pic.twitter.com/ayQXOFUrId
— Ginga Bonito 🇧🇷 (@GingaBonitoHub) Could 31, 2024
Al Nassr stored the stress on Al Hilal after Ospina’s sending-off. Proper earlier than the 90-minute mark, Al Hilal noticed each of their center-backs Kalidou Koulibaly and Ali Al-Bulaihi being sent-off by the referee.
The additional-time gave Al-Nassr the golden interval to discover a winner by goalkeeper Yassine Bonou’s heroics stored the scores degree all the extra-time. It was within the shootout that Bonou shone but once more, saving the ultimate two penalties from Ronaldo’s facet as Al-Nassr took the cup house regardless of lacking their talismanic ahead Neymar Jr. attributable to an damage.
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