While Al-Nassr came close to a terrible hiccup in qualifying for the Asian Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo lost his nerves late in the game.
Al-Nassr came close to corrections on Tuesday in the final of qualifying for the Asian Champions League. The Saudi club was indeed led 2-1 by the Emirati club of Shabab Al Ahli until the 88e minute before reversing the situation in the dying minutes of the match to win 4-2 and thus win their ticket to the group stage of the competition.
Cristiano Ronaldo had another complicated evening. If he finally delivered an assist, he did not score and appeared particularly angry. So much so that at the break, he did not hesitate to yell in the direction of a linesman of the meeting to push a member of the opposing staff who was in his way as he returned to the locker room.
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Cristiano Ronaldo annoyed by the refereeing decisions at halftime, pushes a member of the staff of the opposing team!
We totally understand his anger, 2 penalties not whistled and an offside goal for Al Ahli Dubai. pic.twitter.com/45Q0gkzZt6
— SPL 🇸🇦 (@ActuSPL) August 22, 2023
And if the fivefold Ballon d’Or had it bad, it was because of the four penalties that were in his eyes forgotten by the referee during the first period. Upon returning from the locker room, the referee tried to ease the tension, but CR7 answered him by inviting him to “wake up”.
For Al-Nassr, the alarm clock rang in the 88e minute thanks to a goal from Sultan Al-Ghanam, Talisca then Marcelo Brozovic, allowing the Saudi club to make the difference in added time.
