Al-Nassr suffered an enormous blow to their hopes of successful the Saudi Skilled League after a goalless draw with lowly Al-Feiha, and Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch in anger after a irritating efficiency on Sunday.
Leaders Al-Ittihad didn’t waste the chance to widen the hole with Al-Nassr to 3 factors with the final seven video games remaining, with a victory 2-1 in opposition to Al-Wehda. Al-Ittihad had a bonus additionally in a head-to-head outcome with Al-Nassr.
Ronaldo, 38, who joined Al-Nassr in January in a contract estimated by media to be value greater than 200 million euros ($218 million), hit a ball into the fingers of goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, who kissed the ball within the 68th minute.
Stojkovic appeared to forged a spell on the ball because the Portugal captain fired twice over the bar within the area of six minutes, and Brazilian Anderson Talisca, the league’s high scorer, was ineffective additionally.
Ronaldo appeared livid whereas leaving the pitch after his purpose tally stopped at 11 objectives in 10 league video games, and he took off the captain armband and left it in his hand.
Al-Nassr coach Rudi Garcia was not happy with the efficiency, nor the outcome.
“The result’s positively dangerous and we’re not comfortable,” the French coach informed the Saudi Sports activities Firm (SSC) by means of a translator.
“I don’t really feel happy with the gamers’ efficiency. I requested them to play on the identical degree because the final recreation (within the 5-0 victory in opposition to Al-Adalah), however this didn’t occur”.
Al-Nassr, who gained the title for the final time in 2019, will play a vital recreation subsequent week in opposition to Al-Hilal, the defending champion and fourth within the standings, which can decide the race for the title.
“There are seven video games left, we’ll attempt to get well, and we understand that it’s not simple after we misplaced two factors, however every little thing is feasible.”
Al-Feiha posted on Twitter an edited picture of their captain Sami Al-Khaibari sitting in entrance of Ronaldo at a chess desk, reflecting a well-known commercial that includes rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano.
The picture captioned “checkmate”, drew greater than 1.9 million views, in comparison with fewer than 100,000 views for different web page posts.
This story has been printed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content.