Portuguese legend and Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo turned into a global icon of football integrity and fair play, after rejecting Chinese referee Ma Ning’s decision to award a penalty for him during his team’s match against Iran’s Perspolis in the Asian Champions League.
The snapshot of Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo brought to mind the incident of the famous Saudi star Majid Abdullah in the Al-Nassr match against one team in the 1988 season, when he referred to the verdict that his decision to calculate the goal scored by him was incorrect and that the ball was off the pitch.
رونالدو اسطورة كرة القدم العالمية يمثل نادي شريف بنجومه وبطولاته هذه اخلاقنا وتربيتنا وروحنا الرياضية الحكم يحتسب بلنتي والكبير يلغيه 💔💔💔💔💔 pic.twitter.com/puok75416w
— 💛💙النصراوي💛💙 (@Nassriy1) November 27, 2023
The story of the target the referee decided to cancel comes back after a reference from Team Al-Nasr’s Majid Abdullah after a ball by Abdullah Abd Rabbo, his teammate, towards the goal of one, I went through the side nets and stood next to the post, the assistant referee announced a goal in favour of victory, According to Majid Abdullah, who went to the arena umpire and informed him that the ball was coming from outside the net, to moderate his opinion and decide to calculate a goal strike for one’s team.
Today, the same scene has been restored, but in another way, in the second minute of the meeting, within the fifth round of the AFL group stage, Ronaldo fell inside the Iranian team’s penalty area after friction with the Perspolis defender, blowing his whistle by declaring a penalty for Al-nassr.
Once the penalty was awarded, Ronaldo ran towards the referee, pointing out that there was no penalty, and that the Iranian team player did not obstruct him, as he stumbled during his attempt to control the ball, as shown by the television replay.
Social media platforms around the world circulated Ronaldo’s “brilliant” snap, singing the global crowd with the Portuguese legend’s “morality”, which set one of the finest examples of sporting ethics in stadiums.
