Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Nassr mocked after first SPL defeat of season: ‘Cheating and nonetheless dropping’

Al Ittihad poked enjoyable at Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo after inflicting the primary defeat of the season on the Saudi Pro League defending champions.

Al Nassr had gained their opening 4 video games within the home competitors earlier than Saturday’s 2-1 league loss at Al Ittihad.

At one level of the sport, Ronaldo, 41, was captured on digicam standing behind fellow Portuguese Danilo Pereira and attempting to sneak a peek on the tactical be aware the Al Ittihad midfielder had simply obtained from his coach.

As he turned his head, Danilo was stunned to see Ronaldo’s face so near his earlier than each gamers shared a smile.

Al Ittihad posted {a photograph} of that second and wrote on X: “Cheating and still losing!.”

Despite the defeat that dropped the workforce to second within the standings, three factors adrift of leaders Al Hilal, new Al Nassr coach Ange Postecoglou centered on the positives.

“What I saw, after 15 minutes, was one team created chances and that was us,” he mentioned. “If you talk about character, this group of players saw last year and have show this year that they have a very, very strong character.”

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Al Nassr midfielder Ângelo Gabriel, who scored Al Nassr’s solely purpose, added: “It happens that you can lose a game. Now we have to prove in the next game why we are the defending champions.”

Ronaldo has scored two targets in 4 video games for Al Nassr to date this season.

Before the season kicked off, he mentioned he anticipated this marketing campaign to be his final. His contract at Al Nassr runs till June 2027.