Cristiano Ronaldo’s alleged obscene gesture after fans chant ‘Lionel Messi’ – watch | football news

Portuguese star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo added another feather to his already illustrious career by scoring his 750th goal in club football during Al-Nassr’s 3-2 win over Al-Shabab in the Saudi Pro League on Sunday. It was a big occasion for the footballer as he took control of the game and led his team to a much-needed win. However, the occasion was marred by controversy as a section of opposition fans targeted him with chants of “Messi Messi”. In response, Ronaldo pointed towards them and said that many people were obscene and the video of this incident has gone viral on social media.

Earlier, Ronaldo had led Al Nassr to the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League as the Saudi Arabian team defeated domestic rivals Al Faha 2–0 on aggregate to make it 3–0.

Nassr, who won last week’s first leg 1-0 thanks to Ronaldo’s goal nine minutes from time, were the better team at Al Awal Park and took the lead on 17 minutes through Portuguese winger Otavio.

Imagine you’re 39 and acting like this

ronaldo is really finished pic.twitter.com/fG1Q3yu262

– Joey (@NUFCJoey) 25 February 2024

The former Porto star, who joined Nasr last summer, fired from close range to score in his second consecutive game for the club. It looked as if his compatriot Ronaldo would personally suffer a disappointing night, with the Portugal captain having several penalty appeals rejected and, not long into the second half, having a goal disallowed for offside. given.

Earlier this month Ronaldo, 39, was also booked in first-half stoppage time for a late challenge, after Nasr manager Luis Castro was given a yellow card for protesting too loudly at the decision.

However, the final decision would be that of Nasr’s captain when, four minutes from time, he caught another Marcelo Brozovic through ball.

FEHA goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic really should have dealt with the situation, but could only keep out the onrushing Ronaldo with his effort.

The ball fell invitingly for Ronaldo to tap into the empty net.

It was the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward’s 10th goal in his last nine games for Nassr. Ronaldo, a five-time winner of the UEFA Champions League, is competing in its Asian counterpart for the first time.

(with AFP inputs)