Cristiano Ronaldo was ruled out of the final stages of the Saudi Super Cup semi-final match between his club Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal on Monday evening after a double elbow on his opponent.
At that moment it was 2-0 in favor of Al-Hilal, Sadio Mané’s tying goal deep in injury time came too late. Al-Nassr was already on the brink of elimination and CR7 clearly did not like that. After he was rightly excluded for the foul, he also appeared to make a clenched fist towards the referee, but in the end it did not result in a blow. The Portuguese international then mockingly applauded and raised his thumbs in the air. While the crowd loudly chanted “Messi”, he had to leave the field.
In February, Ronaldo was also suspended for celebrating a goal with an obscene gesture towards some Messi fans.
