The Disciplinary Committee of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) will examine the episode with the provocative gesture of the Portuguese Al-Nasr striker Cristiano Ronaldo towards Al-Shabab fans. On February 25, Al-Nasr beat Al-Shabab away in the 21st round of the Saudi Arabian Championship with a score of 3:2, and Ronaldo opened the scoring with a penalty goal.
After the match ended, fans began chanting the name of Argentine football player Lionel Messi. Hearing this, Ronaldo turned to the opposing fans and did something strange: he waved his hand several times in the groin area. Cristiano’s representatives found an original and modern justification for this act — they claim that the video was created using neural networks. Now Ronaldo faces a disqualification for several matches or a serious fine.
However, this is not the first case of defiant actions on the part of Krish: last year he also found himself at the center of a scandal when he gestured to his groin when mentioning Messi (again!), and in early February of this year he got it from an Al-Hilal fan . After the game, the Portuguese star first stuffed a fan’s discarded scarf into his shorts, and then threw it away completely. Then fans of the opposing team chanted Messi’s name every time Ronaldo touched the ball.
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By the way, Cristiano does not stand on ceremony either with fans or with his rivals. So, in April 2023, during another match with the same Al-Hilal, Ronaldo used a harsh choke hold on Colombian midfielder Gustavo Cuellar.
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If the Saudi Arabian Football Federation decides to disqualify Ronaldo for several matches, then one can only sympathize with his club. Since the Portuguese’s move to Al-Nasr at the end of December 2022, Cristiano has scored 54 goals for club and national team, becoming the top scorer in 2023. And since December 8, he has scored in every match — he has 10 goals in 9 games.
By the way, Lionel Messi himself did not go unnoticed these days. The Argentine, who now plays for the American club Inter Miami, entered the MLS regular season match with Los Angeles Galaxy holding the hand of the son of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. 8‑year-old Saint West is the second child of the famous rapper and TV presenter. Kardashian herself published a video of this moment on social networks, saying that this was her son’s long-time dream.
The match itself ended in a 1:1 draw, and Messi became one of the heroes of the meeting, equalizing the score in stoppage time.