On January 27, Beijing time, in the semifinals of the Saudi Super Cup, Riyadh won a 1-3 loss to Jeddah United and missed the final! Cristiano Ronaldo suffered his first defeat since joining and still did not score his first goal since joining and said goodbye to the first title of his new owner in advance.
On January 20, Cristiano Ronaldo represented Riyadh All-Stars against Greater Paris, and scored twice to win Messi's best player. But, after all, it was a friendly match. On January 23, Riyadh made his victorious debut and league debut, playing all games and failing to score, which was inevitably disappointing.
This time facing Jeddah United, Ronaldo participated in the Saudi Super Cup for the first time, continued to start as the captain, and tried to lead the team to the final. And in the opening 4 minutes, he came with a human ball and played quite dashingly. In the 10th minute, he flicked left and right and then passed the ball to his teammate with his heel.
In the 14th minute, Ronaldo rarely pulled to the right wing, broke through with the ball and sent a cross, but was unfortunately cleared by the opponent. However, the president was slow to get a shot, but Jeddah United scored first in the 15th minute.
In the 43rd minute, a teammate crossed from the bottom of the right wing, Ronaldo rushed out in the middle, jumped high in front of the small penalty area to score a header, and was saved by the opposing goalkeeper! Less than a minute later, Jeddah United went to the next city, with Riyadh 2-0 down.
In the second half, Ronaldo was still in the cross. In the 54th minute, he broke through from the right and was cleared by his opponents. Immediately afterwards, he sent a cross at 45 degrees on the right rib, and the result was directly out of the other sideline, outrageous!
In the 65th minute, Ronaldo shot directly from a right-footed free-kick, but unfortunately it was slightly higher.
It wasn't until the 68th minute that Riyadh Victory finally pulled a goal back, although it was not Cristiano Ronaldo but Talliska who scored. But as in the previous game, the president attracted the attention of two central defenders in the opposing penalty area, creating an unmarked space for Talisca to score easily.
In the 93rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball and was tackled by the opposing player, who received a yellow card. But soon, Jeddah United used the counterattack to score another goal, 1-3!
In the end, Riyadh won the semi-finals and missed the Saudi Super Cup final! Cristiano Ronaldo scored 2 shots and 1 goal on target in 2 games, and still failed to score the first goal of the new club's official match; He scored 6.9 points in this game, less than 7 points in 2 games, and while missing Saudi Arabia's first title, the dream of a triple crown of the season was shattered early.
You know, the last time Ronaldo scored at the club was in the Europa League between Manchester United and Sharif on October 28 last year, and the club's official match goal drought has been as long as 91 days, as long as three months.
I have to say that the president who is about to turn 38 years old is really here, even if he comes to Saudi Arabia to play, he has not achieved a "dimensionality reduction strike", let alone stay in Europe and play for the giants.