Once again, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo raises controversy in Saudi Arabia after he made a “disgraceful” move after his team Al-Nasr lost to its rival Al-Hilal in the final of the Riyadh Season Friendly Football Cup, on Thursday.
Ronaldo, 39 years old, appeared angry after the match when a fan threw the Al Hilal flag, so Ronaldo caught it, put it inside the front of his pants, then threw it to the crowd.
The incident sparked widespread anger in Saudi Arabia, amid demands to punish him, and even expel him from the country as a result of such events recurring.
In a comment he wrote on the “X” platform, Saudi sports critic Khalaf Melfi described what happened as “disgusting.”
Melfi said that the incident is not the first in which the Portuguese star has been involved, attributing the reason for this to the fact that he “did not find the lowest degree of punishment!!” In the previous.
Melfi called on those in charge of managing the sports file in Saudi Arabia to punish Ronaldo and “address his abuses.”
In turn, Hassan Al-Naqour, a Saudi businessman, investor, and shareholder in the English club Chelsea and an honorary member of Al-Hilal Club, wrote that Ronaldo was not limited to the “immoral move,” but before that he “offended the workers on the field and asked the players to leave before the coronation,” among others.
Others compared the actions of Argentine star Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, as a commentator named “Majeed” wrote that Messi came to Riyadh and his team, Inter Miami, suffered a heavy defeat, but he did not show any offensive behavior.
On the other hand, others defended the Portuguese star and saw that what he did was the result of repeated provocations from Al Hilal fans.
This is not the first time that Ronaldo has been subjected to criticism since his arrival in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2022.
Last April, Ronaldo made a “disgraceful” move after the end of his team’s Al-Nasr match against Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League, which sparked widespread anger that reached the point of demanding that his contract with the club be terminated and his expulsion from the country.
Ronaldo appeared in a brief video clip after the end of the match, which ended with his team losing by two clean goals, touching sensitive parts of his body and laughing while heading to the locker room, amid chants that seemed to criticize his disappointing performance in the match.
At the time, Ronaldo was subjected to a lot of criticism during the match after he gave a performance similar to the performance of wrestlers, according to the CBS Sports website.
Ronaldo appeared in a shot during the match as he was running after Al Hilal player, Gustavo Cuellar, and jumped into the air and wrapped his arm around Cuellar’s neck to knock him to the ground, as if he were in a professional freestyle wrestling match.
Ronaldo received a yellow card because of this mistake, and perhaps he was lucky to avoid the red card, according to the site.
CBS Sports mocked Ronaldo’s move with Cuellar, indicating that he may be able in the future to explore his talents in the wrestling ring whenever he decides to step away from football.
Ronaldo moved to Al-Nassr from Manchester United, England, in a free transfer deal in December 2022, given what was reported about its value exceeding 200 million euros.
Ronaldo’s transfer to Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia came after a major crisis with Manchester United and its coach, Eric Ten Hag, after the player conducted a television interview in which he criticized the club and the coach, in light of his lack of essential participation with the team.
2024-02-09 14:24:51
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