Cristiano Ronaldo misses late penalty as Al-Nassr eradicated from Saudi Cup

File image of Cristiano Ronaldo with Al-Nassr
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Cristiano Ronaldo missed a stoppage-time penalty and Al-Nassr was eradicated from the King’s Cup in a 1-0 loss to Al-Taawoun.

The five-time Ballon D’Or winner has but to win a significant trophy since signing for the membership virtually two years in the past.

Playing on the round-of-16 stage of Saudi Arabia’s premier knockout competitors, Al-Taawoun took the lead on Waleed Al-Ahmad’s header with 20 minutes remaining. Al-Ahmad was then whistled for a foul within the space within the ninety fifth minute.

Ronaldo had transformed all 18 of his earlier penalties for Al-Nassr however this time shot over the bar to the shock of the house crowd of 14,519.

The defeat is the primary for Stefano Pioli for the reason that Italian succeeded Luis Castro as head coach in September.

Ronaldo and Al-Nassr nonetheless have two probabilities at silverware this season however are already six factors behind chief Al-Hilal after eight video games of the Saudi Pro League and have seven factors from three video games within the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

“Technically we performed well but we couldn’t win the game,” Pioli stated. “We feel disappointed to be out of the cup. But we still have two trophies to go for and we will give our best in them.”