The opponent’s fans knew where to pull the strings.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t smile. PDO
Cristiano Ronaldo can’t get rid of his arch-nemesis Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo, 38, who moved to Saudi Arabia to play in January, suffered his first defeat in the ranks of his team Al Nassr. On Thursday, Al Ittihad defeated the team captained by the Portuguese 1-0.
Ronaldo, who remained goalless in the match, was so frustrated with his own and his team’s performance that Juomapullot got a ride as the man walked angrily to the locker room after the match.
The performance of Ronaldo, who played his second straight match without a goal, could be affected by the mental psyche of the opposing team’s fans. Ronaldo, who has moved to Saudi Arabia to play, is used to basking in the limelight, but for that position he has fought practically his entire career against Messi.
Almost 60,000 Al Ittihad fans chanted Messi’s name loudly during the match. A video of the match is spreading on Twitter, showing Ronaldo’s reaction to the screaming storm of the opposing team.
Instead of leaving the psyche to itself, Ronaldo seems to have let the screams get under his skin. The video shows Ronaldo spreading his arms and gesturing to the rowdy fans.
Ronaldo has played in the Saudi Arabian league in seven matches, where he has scored eight goals. In one of the matches there were four byyrs and in the other three.