Cristiano Ronaldo misplaced his mood after rival followers taunted him with Lionel Messi chants once more.
Ronaldo, 39, didn’t disguise his frustration throughout Al-Nassr’s shock 1-0 away loss to Al Ain within the Saudi Pro League. This was his first recreation again after serving a one-match ban for responding inappropriately to earlier “Messi” chants final month, leading to him lacking out on Al-Nassr’s 4-4 draw with Al-Hazem.
The Manchester United legend was additionally slapped with a high-quality of 30,000 Saudi Riyals (£6,300) by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation for inflicting ‘public pleasure by gesture’. After the ban, his return to the pitch was marred once more by the repetitive “Messi” chanting.
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As captured in a half-time clip, an irritated Ronaldo shook his head on the chants whereas heading in direction of the tunnel. Adding salt to the wound, Al-Nassr suffered a 1-0 defeat attributable to a aim scored by Soufiane Rahimi and Aymeric Laporte’s pink card.
This places Al-Nassr in a troublesome spot for the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, needing to make a comeback within the second leg. This incident follows ex-Chelsea star Frank Leboeuf telling Ronaldo to “shut up” whereas criticising his controversial feedback about Ligue 1 earlier this yr.
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“To be honest I think the Saudi League is not worse than French league, in my opinion,” Ronaldo acknowledged. “In [the] French league I think you have two, three teams with a good level. In Saudi now I think it’s more competitive.”, experiences the Mirror.
“I think right now we are better than [the] French league, we still improve.” Leboeuf thinks Ronaldo solely stated this as a result of Messi used to play in Ligue 1 when he was at Paris Saint-Germain.
“It annoys me when I hear Cristiano Ronaldo saying that the Saudi Pro League is better than Ligue 1. Why do you think he chose to make that comment about Ligue 1 rather than the Portuguese League? It’s because Lionel Messi performed in Ligue 1,” Leboeuf informed BetVictor.
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“I have lots of respect for him as a player but come on, just shut up! It is unfair to Ligue 1. For me, Portugal are actually one of the contenders for this summer’s European Championships. I actually think they can win the Euros, but only if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t play.”
“You cannot take away anything that Ronaldo has done for football just because he has gone to retire in the Saudi League. I want to thank him for taking the sport to another level, but there is an end for everyone.
“He has each proper to play in Saudi Arabia, though I’m undecided he wanted much more cash!”