And what about Messi?
Not so long ago – namely at the end of February – Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for Al-Nasr. There had been poker shortly before and it looked like a player with that mindset could win the scoring race and all domestic trophies with the new club. Even despite the fact that he arrived in the middle of the championship. Ron also won the Saudi Arabian Player of the Month award for the first time. But it’s been a few weeks and things are different now.
Stopped scoring and the team lost first place
A little unexpectedly, but after the hat-trick, Ronaldo fell silent. Moreover, the striker has not scored for three games in a row, and in these matches he has only two shots on target. Although the competitors were mostly about nothing – the relegated “Al-Batin” (Cristiano’s team defeated him with a score of 3: 1) or the weak “Abha” in the King’s Cup (the score is the same).
There was also a difficult rival – Al-Ittihad, with whom they actually played for the first place. There, Ronaldo did not show himself (only one shot on target, one missed), and Al-Nasr lost with a score of 0:1 and lost the lead. By the way, the winning goal was scored by one of the Portuguese’s competitors in the scorer race – Romarinho, the Brazilian now has seven goals in his account (Ronaldo has eight).
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At the same time, in games with weak teams, Cristiano also played poorly – in the match with Al-Batin he hit often, but all the time past, as many as five shots went off target. “Abha” did not notice him either – two hits wide, three hits blocked. Although the feints of the Portuguese came out great in every game.
Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano was replaced for the first time
Substitutions infuriated Ronaldo at Manchester United, so it seemed as if the player would be indispensable in the contract with Al-Nasr. However, no – at the very end of the match of the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup against Abha, the coach sent Cristiano to rest. It was the 87th minute, and the score was 3:1 in favor of Al-Nasr, so the meaning of the substitution remained unclear. The Portuguese sat on a bench with a sad face.
However, after the match, Ronaldo warmly congratulated the fans on social networks on reaching the semi-finals. It seems that while he is not going to go to Piers Morgan, he was not offended by the replacement.
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Ronaldo freaks out, and he is provoked by Lionel Messi
The past three weeks have not been without scandals either. The time turned out to be difficult, so Cristiano even freaked out a couple of times. After the defeat in the most important game with Al-Ittihad, Ronaldo went to kick the bottles, the partners had to calm him down. But in the match with Abha, the Portuguese became even more angry – he ran away to the counterattack when the referee whistled for a break. Ronaldo kicked the ball into the sky and yelled at the referee – he received a warning.
Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Well, where without a sworn rival? Leo Messi pursues the striker even in Saudi Arabia. So, after the game with Al-Batin, the boy in the tribune shouted to him: “Messi is better!” Cristiano responded sharply: “Then go look at him. What are you doing here?” Yes, and the whole stadium “Al-Ittihad”, chanting: “Messi! Messi! ”, It was hard not to notice – Ron could only react with funny gestures.
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Leo himself does not seem to be lagging behind – the other day there was information in the press that he, too, could end up in Saudi Arabia. But Cristiano wants to receive more, they demand almost 300 million euros a year from Al-Hilal. Ronaldo receives 100 million less. But while Messi has not yet moved and it is not known if he will move at all, the Portuguese needs to get together. There is still every chance of success – you can win the Cup, not everything is lost in the championship, and it’s really possible to lead the scorer race in two jumps. Ronaldo can do it.