The Al Nassr star asked the referee to overturn a penalty he had awarded his team.
Cristiano Ronaldo made the cover of the Asian Champions League, but not for an extraordinary goal or an emphatic victory for Al Nassr. The Portuguese surprised with a gesture of fair play applauded by their teammates and rivals.
The situation occurred in the second minute of the match between Al-Nassr and the Persepolis from Iran. The teams faced each other on the fifth date of the tournament where the most important teams from the Asian continent compete and both were looking to secure their ranking.
With the score 0-0, Cristiano Ronaldo was leading the millionaire team’s attack when he was allegedly brought down by a rival defender. The referee did not hesitate to award the penalty, which led the Persepolis players to immediately criticize him for his action. That’s when the former Manchester United man came onto the scene.
Television cameras captured the Portuguese player quickly approaching the referee and telling him “no penalty”, assuming the play was not a foul. Considering the attacker’s comment, The game was obviously canceled and there was no penalty in favor of Al Nassr.
In fact, with the replays of the game it is clear that Cristiano fell before there was contact with the rival player. Ronaldo was applauded by rival players after his move, as Persepolis was still playing for qualification for the next round of the tournament and a defeat against the leader could complicate their position in the standings.
The match ended in a 0-0 draw between the teams, so the missed penalty in favor of the former Real Madrid man proved to be the key. After five Asian Champions League matches, Al Nassr is the leader of Group E with 13 points, while Iran’s Persepolis is second with eight points. . The final date for this first phase will begin on December 5. The multimillion-dollar Saudi team, which counts in its ranks, in addition to Ronaldo, Sadio Mané, Aymeric Laporte, David Ospina and Alex Telles, will take the field that day to face FC Istiklol Dushanbe of Tajikistan, a small central countries. Asia.
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