The Saudi King’s Cup ended with the victory of al-Hilal: following a 1-1 draw, they received 5-4 in opposition to al-Nassr in a penalty shootout. The main aim was scored by Aleksandar Mitrovics, a widely known Serbian worldwide from Europe, for al-Hilal already within the seventh minute, to which the participant on the opposite facet might have answered with a beautiful scissors kick – his stunning shot died on the publish.
Cristiano Ronaldo runs following trophies in Saudi Arabia, however in useless (Photograph: EPA/Ali Haider)
Within the 56th minute, al-Nassr was additionally down a person following goalkeeper David Ospina touched the ball together with his hand exterior the penalty space, for which he acquired a crimson card. Nonetheless, within the 88th minute, Ronaldo equalized with Ajman Jahja’s aim, whereas al-Hilal additionally collected two crimson playing cards earlier than additional time.
The sobbing Ronaldo was left and not using a trophy this 12 months
The destiny of the cup was determined in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, wherein Ronaldo made no mistake, however his crew misplaced. Ronaldo didn’t win something for al-Nassr this 12 months, as his crew completed second within the league behind al-Hilal along with the cup. The maximalist Portuguese will in all probability be irritated to affix the Portuguese nationwide crew, which is making ready for the European Championship in Germany beginning on June 14. What’s extra, he was utterly devastated and cried following the defeat:
Ronaldo’s great scissors kick didn’t rating a aim:
