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Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr), who missed the championship cup for the third year in Saudi Arabia, was full of despair.
Ronaldo expressed regret with his whole body by bending his head in the middle of the ground, shaking his head from side to side, and spreading his arms after missing the championship after a penalty shootout against Al Ahli at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong on the 23rd (Korea time).
Al-Nasr took the lead in the 41st minute of the first half with Ronaldo's penalty goal, but he dedicated the equalizer to AC Milan native Frank Kessier in the 6th minute of extra time in the first half. Marcelo Brozovic scored a go-ahead goal again in the 37th minute of the second half and was in front of the winner, but Roger Ivanes scored an equalizer in the 44th minute of the second half.
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Ronaldo scored as Al Nasr's first kicker in a 2-2 penalty shootout, but lost 3-5 on penalties when fourth kicker Abdullah Al-Kabari missed the match at 3-3.
Ronaldo, who left Manchester United in December 2022 to join Al Nasr, shot his 100th goal in an Al Nasr uniform. This made him the first player in football history to score more than 100 goals for four clubs. He scored 450 goals for Real Madrid, 145 goals for Manchester United, and 101 goals for Juventus, respectively.
But Al-Nasr did not win a single official tournament while Ronaldo scored 100. He finished second in the Saudi professional league three times, the Asian Champions League three times, the Saudi Kings Cup three times, and the Saudi Super Cup four times.
Ronaldo is known to receive an astronomical annual salary of 330 billion won from Al Nasr. Al-Nasr hired Joao Felix, a shadow striker from Portugal, to maximize Ronaldo's capabilities. In addition, Barcelona center back Inigo Martinez has been recruited to strengthen his power. In the semi-finals of the Super Cup, Karim Benzema had a good run, beating Al Itihad, who belonged to 2-1, but failed to overcome the last crisis in the final.
The last time Ronaldo won at the club level was in Copa Italy in May 2021 when he was at Juventus. At that time, Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham) and Federico Chiesa (Liverpool) scored consecutive goals to beat Atalanta 2-1 to win. Since returning to Manchester United in 2021, he has been transformed from 'God of the Irrelevant' to 'God of the Irrelevant'. For Al Nasr, they have lost all three of their last finals.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.