Cristiano Ronaldo has urged his Al-Nassr team-mates to “study and transfer ahead collectively” after their disappointing exit from the King’s Cup final night time.
Al-Nassr, the Saudi Professional League leaders, had been overwhelmed 2-1 within the final 16 by Al-Ittihad. It was a decided show from Sergio Conceicao’s males who put apart their inconsistent league kind to register a powerful victory.
Ronaldo’s former Actual Madrid strike accomplice Karim Benzema opened the scoring for the guests earlier than the Portuguese star arrange Angelo to equalise, however Houssam Aouar scored what proved to be the winner simply earlier than half-time.
Ronaldo has but to win a significant trophy with Al-Nassr since shifting to the Center East from Manchester United in 2023 and can now must focus his efforts elsewhere.
In a put up on X, he wrote: “We stand tall, study, and transfer ahead collectively.”
Ronaldo and Coman waste possibilities to equalise
Al-Nassr shall be annoyed at being knocked out after taking part in in opposition to 10 males for the majority of the second half after Al-Ittihad right-back Ahmed Al Julaydan was proven a straight pink after a harmful soar into Aiman Yahya when the pair went up for a 50-50.
Ronaldo had one of the best probability for an equaliser however, having been put clear via, opted for a intelligent, dinked end which ended up in a routine save for Al-Ittihad goalkeeper Predrag Rajković. Replays prompt he might need been offside.
Al-Nassr continued to push for an equaliser however these hopes had been shattered in added time when Kingsley Coman was as soon as once more offered with an opportunity to seek out the web, just for the previous Bayern Munich star to shoot effectively over the bar.