Soccer Ronaldo angered by a blow to title hopes of Al-Nassr. April 10: Cristiano Ronaldo stormed off the field in frustration following a disappointing performance on Sunday, dealing Al-Nassr severe damage to their chances of winning the Saudi Professional League after a goalless draw with lowly Al-Feiha.
Al-Ittihad, the league’s leaders, defeated Al-Wehda 2-1 to increase their lead over Al-Nassr to three points with seven games still to play. Al-Ittihad had an advantage against Al-Nassr in their head-to-head matchup.
In the 68th minute, Ronaldo, 38, who joined Al-Nassr in January under a contract worth more than 200 million euros ($218 million), kissed the ball after hitting it into goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic’s hands.

Soccer Ronaldo angered by a blow to title hopes of Al-Nassr, opponents hail ‘checkmate’

The Portuguese skipper missed two shots over the crossbar in a six-minute span as Stojkovic appeared to have a trance over the ball. Brazilian Anderson Talisca, the league’s leading scorer, was also unproductive.
As Ronaldo’s goal streak came to an end with 11 goals in 10 league games, he appeared enraged and removed the captain’s armband, leaving it in his palm.
Rudi Garcia, the coach of Al-Nassr, was not happy with either the performance or the outcome.
Via a translator, the French coach told the Saudi Sports Corporation (SSC), “The result is clearly awful and we are not delighted.
“I’m not happy with how the guys performed. I asked them to match their performance from the previous game (a 5-0 victory over Al-Adalah), but they didn’t “.
Al-Nassr, who won the championship for the final time in 2019, will play a pivotal match against Al-Hilal, the reigning champion and fourth in the rankings, the outcome of which might decide who wins the championship.
Seven games remain. We will strive to rebound. We recognize it won’t be simple after we dropped two points, but anything is possible.
Al-Feiha shared an edited photo of their captain Sami Al-Khaibari playing chess in front of Cristiano Ronaldo on Twitter, emulating a well-known commercial that featured rivals, Lionel Messi and Cristiano.
More than 1.9 million people viewed the image with the caption “checkmate,” as opposed to fewer than 100,000 people who viewed other page updates.