Cristiano Ronaldo destroys fan's phone as Al-Nassr penalty shocker proves costly

Al-Nassr crashed retired of the King's Cup successful Saudi Arabia pursuing a 1-0 decision to Al-Taawoun, arsenic Cristiano Ronaldo missed a punishment and the accidental to instrumentality the crippled to extra-time

Cristiano Ronaldo deed a fan's telephone aft blazing his important 96th-minute punishment implicit the barroom - and with it went Al-Nassr's cupful hopes.

Ronaldo's Saudi Arabian nine were dumped retired of King's Cup connected Tuesday successful the circular of 16, suffering their 2nd decision of the season. Having been rested for Friday's 3-3 gully with Al-Kholood successful the Saudi Pro League, Ronaldo returned to manager Stefano Pioli's starting line-up astatine location to Al-Taawoun, lone to beryllium losing 1-0 going into the sixth infinitesimal of wounded time.

Al-Nassr got themselves a punishment done precocious substitute Mohammed Maran and up stepped Ronaldo to instrumentality it. The five-time Ballon d'Or victor is viewed arsenic 1 of football's top ever punishment takers, peculiarly successful the unit moments.

But similar astatine Euro 2024 erstwhile his extra-time spot-kick was saved against Slovenia, Ronaldo missed. The 39-year-old icon went for powerfulness and blazed his effort implicit the left-hand broadside of the goal. The shot flew into the stands and deed what appeared to beryllium a young lad who was filming the infinitesimal connected his phone, sending the instrumentality flying.

Al-Nassr inactive had a further 7 minutes of added clip to play but were incapable to find an equaliser, arsenic Ronaldo's miss proved costly. It's not the archetypal clip that Ronaldo has deed a fan's phone, having infamously knocked 1 retired of a boy's manus during Manchester United's 1-0 nonaccomplishment distant to Everton successful 2022.

The Portuguese megastar and his team-mates present person 1 little accidental of silverware this season, with the league rubric already looking unlikely, too. Sitting successful 3rd place, Al-Nassr are already six points down reigning champion Al-Hilal - who they look astatine location connected Friday - aft conscionable 8 games.

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There's nary amended fixture for Ronaldo to bounce back, having posted connected Instagram aft the bruising cupful defeat: "Every situation is an accidental to grow."

Former AC Milan brag Pioli remarked: "We consciousness disappointed to beryllium retired of the cup. But we inactive person 2 championships and we volition springiness our champion successful them. Our show was bully connected a method level, but not capable to triumph the match. We mislaid due to the fact that we couldn't people the chances we had. Al-Taawoun scored from a country kick."

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