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It's not typically that former Manchester United celebrity Cristiano Ronaldo could be accused of irritating his teammates in entrance of aim.
Nonetheless, the serial scorer suffered an evening to neglect yesterday (Monday) as Al-Nassr crashed out of the AFC Champions League on the quarter-final stage.
Ronaldo's facet wanted to get well from a 1-0 defeat within the first leg, however they fell 2-0 down on the evening in Saudi and have been three factors behind on combination within the first half.
Al-Nassr fought again with a aim both facet of halftime and thought they’d restored parity when the ball fell on the ft of Ronaldo simply three yards from aim.
An error by Al-Ain's goalkeeper gave Ronaldo a certain shot tap-in, however by some means the striker managed to deflect the ball away from aim.
It was an inexplicable mistake that Ronaldo normally relied on on auto-pilot.
Cristiano to gather and tie from 3 yards 😳 pic.twitter.com/Kg24bEqCWd
– CBS Sports activities Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) 11 March 2024
Nonetheless, his free kick was saved by former United teammate Alex Telles, finishing his comeback and forcing the sport into further time.
Al-Nassr have been then favorites to advance, however discovered themselves decreased to 10 males earlier than getting a fourth attributable to a horrible goalkeeping error.
However the drama didn’t finish there as Ronaldo missed one other large probability after a one-on-one battle.
The 39-year-old fired a shot straight on the visiting keeper and was unable to place the rebound into the aim, leaving him wanting skyward seeking a solution.
The reply they’d get with simply two minutes remaining as Al-Nassr received a spot kick which Ronaldo transformed to take the thrilling encounter to a penalty shootout.
Nonetheless, Ronaldo was the one participant to attain for the house crew who in the end misplaced that evening, ending their participation in Asia's largest competitors.
After falling quick within the Saudi title race, the Champions League appeared to be Ronaldo's finest probability so as to add to his trophy haul this season.
However a forgettable particular person and collective evening culminated in a shock exit from the competitors and CR7 needed to wait one other 12 months with out silverware.