2023-11-28 09:48:18
Riyadh (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo stood out for his fair play on Monday evening in an Asian Champions League match played with his Saudi club Al Nassr, by telling the referee who had just awarded him a penalty that no foul had been committed on him.
Published on: 11/28/2023 – 08:48 Modified on: 11/28/2023 – 08:46
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After consulting the VAR, the Chinese Ma Ning, who had just whistled after a contentious contact in the area between the former Real Madrid and Manchester United superstar and the Persepolis defender Soroush Rafiei, reversed his decision.
Barely falling to the ground after the tackle by the Iranian player at the very start of the match, Ronaldo jumped to his feet, waving his finger at the referee to indicate that there was no reason to give a penalty to his club.
The match played in Riyadh, counting for the penultimate day of the group stage of the Asian Champions League, ended with a score of 0-0, even if Al Nassr played for a long time at 10 against 11 after the exclusion in the 17th minute of defender Ali Lajimi.
Well ahead of its group, the team of the Portuguese striker, who was injured in the neck around ten minutes from the end of the match after a clash with the Persepolis goalkeeper, is already assured of competing in the round of 16 of the competition.
Second in its domestic competition, Al Nassr, which also counts in its ranks the Senegalese international Sadio Mané and the Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte, must face Friday in a shock at the top of the Saudi championship the leader Al Hilal, several of whose major players have also shone in the major European championships, like Neymar (injured), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves or Kalidou Koulibaly.
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