Ronaldo gestures to followers from stands after being banned for Messi chant response
Cristiano Ronaldo saluted Al-Nassr followers after they confirmed him help following his one match ban.
The Portuguese soccer legend was serving his ban for making a lude gesture on Sunday throughout Al-Nassr’s 3-2 win over Al-Shabab. Supporters of the opposing workforce had taunted him all through the fixture by chanting the identify of his everlasting rival Lionel Messi.
Video footage confirmed the 39-year-old responding to the chants by repeatedly thrusting his hand ahead close to his pelvis on the crowd in a stunning viral second. And after being fined £4,190 by the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation, Ronaldo was noticed reacting to the group once more on Thursday, this time in constructive trend.
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Al-Nassr followers started chanting the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s identify seven minutes into the 4-4 draw towards Al-Hazm in a nod to his shirt quantity. Ronaldo, who was sitting within the VIP part of the bottom, appeared grateful with the present of help as he raised hand, fist-pumped and waved whereas nodding alongside to the chants of ‘Ronaldo’ and ‘siu’.
He later celebrated what he thought was Sadio Mane’s match-winning 94th minute penalty. But he was left bitterly upset as Al-Nassr conceded an equaliser within the ninth minute of stoppage time.
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His aspect let their lead slip 4 instances, with Talisca first opening the scoring early on earlier than Ahmad Al-Mhemaid levelled the rating. Talisca grabbed a second on the hour mark however Toze equalised 5 minutes later.
An in-form Talisca then accomplished his hat-trick with 20 minutes left just for Faiz Selemani to attract the guests degree for a 3rd time. Mane’s 94th minute penalty appeared to have secured all three factors for the house aspect till Paulo Ricardo scored with the final kick of the match.
