Al-Nassr coach Jorge Jesus rubbished the suggestion Cristiano Ronaldo was accountable for his facet’s King’s Cup exit by the hands of Al-Ittihad final night time.
Ronaldo arrange Angelo’s equaliser after his former Actual Madrid strike accomplice Karim Benzema had put the guests forward. However Housman Aouar restored Al-Ittihad’s benefit and Al-Nassr have been unable to hit again regardless of taking part in towards 10 males for the majority of the second half following Ahmed Al Julaydan’s purple card.
Ronaldo and Kingsley Coman each wasted glorious possibilities as Jesus’ facet have been dumped out on the final 16 stage.
It means Ronaldo’s look forward to a significant trophy with the Professional League membership goes on.
Jesus defends Ronaldo
Requested concerning the Portugal celebrity’s efficiency after the sport, his countryman Jesus was in no temper to apportion blame in his route.
He stated: ”That is our third match towards Al-Ittihad. We received two and misplaced one. The primary half was balanced and after the purple card we appeared for the draw, however we couldn’t discover it.
“Our drawback right this moment was not Cristiano, however tiredness and exhaustion. We should not neglect that we performed towards a robust and glorious staff, champion of the League and the Cup. The defeat had nothing to do with tactical points, however with an awesome match between two groups, every of them searching for victory.”
Jesus sad with Conceicao questioning
Jesus additionally shot down questions regarding his private duel with Al-Ittihad boss Sergio Conceicao.
The pair have been as soon as very shut after Jesus helped Conceicao safe his first teaching function at Olhanense. However they fell out throughout a conflict between Porto and Benfica in 2021. Conceicao had the final snigger when his Porto facet beat Jesus’ Benfica 3-0 in a Portuguese Cup recreation later that yr, prompting his former mentor to be sacked.
Requested about Conceicao having the higher hand towards him within the post-match press convention, Jesus snapped: “Now you need us to speak concerning the Portuguese championship? What questions are these?
“As we speak we misplaced the opportunity of successful an enormous competitors. The championship is our precedence and the King’s Cup was the second aim, however we failed as a result of the opponent was stronger than us.”
Al-Nassr return to motion on Saturday once they host Al-Fayha trying to make it seven wins from seven within the Professional League.