The Portuguese star’s penalty in stoppage time flies over the crossbar and knocks down a younger fan who was filming it from the stands.
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in stoppage time and his Saudi Professional League membership Al Nassr was knocked out of the King’s Cup in a 1-0 loss to Al Taawoun.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is but to win a significant trophy since signing for the membership nearly two years in the past.
Enjoying within the spherical of 16 of Saudi Arabia’s fundamental knockout competitors on Tuesday, Al Taawoun took the lead by means of a header from Waleed Al-Ahmad with 20 minutes remaining. Then, Al-Ahmad was whistled for a foul within the field within the ninety fifth minute.
Ronaldo had transformed his earlier 18 penalties for Al Nassr, however this time he shot over the bar and stunned the 14,519 house spectators at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
The ball knocked down a younger fan who was filming the Portuguese icon along with his cellphone within the stands behind the aim.
Ronaldo has scored 73 objectives in his 82 appearances for Al Nassr since becoming a member of the membership in December 2022.
The defeat is the primary for Stefano Pioli for the reason that Italian succeeded Luis Castro as coach in September.
Ronaldo and Al Nassr nonetheless have two probabilities to win the silver medal this season, however they’re already six factors behind leaders Al Hilal after eight video games within the league, and have seven factors from three video games within the League group stage of Asian Champions.
“Technically we performed nicely however we could not win the sport,” Pioli stated.
“We’re upset to be not noted of the cup. However we nonetheless have two trophies left to compete for and we are going to give our greatest in them.”
