If you were wondering how Cristiano Ronaldo is getting on following his $200m-a-year move to the Saudi Pro League, it turns out he’s still regularly crying like a baby, throwing tantrums on the pitch and aggressively yelling in terrified referees’ faces.
This is of course multiplied x 1000 any time Ronaldo is trailing in a game, as was the case when Al Nassr lost 2-1 to rivals Al Hilal in yesterday’s Saudi Super Cup semi-final showdown. Here’s how Ronaldo reacted to the situation in the 86th minute:
Ronaldo went full WrestleMania to see a red card as Al Nassr was knocked out of the Saudi Super Cup in the semis. The Ronaldo team is also 12 points behind a Neymar-less Al-Hilal with just seven games to go pic.twitter.com/lGblDWsL1R
— Eric Njiru (@EricNjiiru) April 9, 2024
After the referee showed Ronaldo a red card, he was moments away from punching him in the back of the skull:
Cristiano Ronaldo tried to punch the referee after he was showed a red card. 😳pic.twitter.com/fFS7caqEVo
— Epic Red Cards (@epicredcards) April 9, 2024
Can you imagine someone trying that in the Premier League? Too funny.
As if things couldn’t get any worse for Ronaldo, rival fans immediately began chanting ‘Messi’ at him, which as we all know by now is a guaranteed way to send CR7 into meltdown:
🚨 The Crowd Started chanting “Messi, Messi” in front of Cristiano Ronaldo after he Recieved a Red Card for punching a Al Hilal’s player 😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/FKAei3AMPY
— ACE (fan) (@FCB_ACEE) April 8, 2024
Fair play to Ronaldo for still taking his football so seriously, even if it is a bit sad to see a footballing legend who has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, get so easily rattled in the Saudi Pro League. You’d think he would be content to just take it easy and collect his millions for doing the bare minimum but nope, he still wants to win worse than anyone else in the game. Never change, Cristiano.
For the brutal way that Riyad Mahrez told his tearful wife that they were moving to Saudi Arabia, click HERE.
