Portuguese star’s stoppage-time penalty flies over the bar and knocks over a younger fan filming him from the stands.
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a stoppage-time penalty and his Saudi Professional League membership Al Nassr have been eradicated from the King’s Cup in a 1-0 loss to Al Taawoun.
The five-time Ballon D’Or winner has but to win a significant trophy since signing for the membership nearly two years in the past.
Taking part in on the round-of-16 stage of Saudi Arabia’s premier knockout competitors on Tuesday, Al Taawoun took the lead on Waleed Al-Ahmad’s header with 20 minutes remaining. Al-Ahmad was then whistled for a foul within the space within the ninety fifth minute.
Ronaldo had transformed all 18 of his earlier penalties for Al Nassr however this time shot over the bar and drew shock from the house crowd of 14,519 at Al-Awwal Park within the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The ball knocked over a younger fan who was filming the Portuguese icon along with his telephone within the stands behind the purpose.
Ronaldo has scored 73 targets in his 82 appearances for Al Nassr since becoming a member of the membership in December 2022.
The defeat is the primary for Stefano Pioli for the reason that Italian succeeded Luis Castro as head coach in September.
Ronaldo and Al Nassr nonetheless have two possibilities at silverware this season however are already six factors behind chief Al Hilal after eight video games within the league, and have seven factors from three video games within the group stage of the Asian Champions League.
“Technically we carried out properly however we couldn’t win the sport,” Pioli mentioned.
“We really feel disenchanted to be out of the cup. However we nonetheless have two trophies to go for and we’ll give our greatest in them.”