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Cristiano Ronaldo was cruelly trolled after Al Nassrās humiliating 1-4 defeat to Al Hilal in the Saudi Arabian Super Cup final, when the opponentās captain recreated Lionel Messiās famous 2022 World Cup trophy celebration.
Al Hilal captain Salem Al-Dawsari cruelly mocked Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo with his cheeky celebration. Salem Al-Dawsari added salt to Cristiano Ronaldoās wounds when he imitated Lionel Messi ās trophy celebration after winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar .
Ronaldoās AlĀ NassrĀ suffered a humiliating 4-1 defeat in the Saudi Arabian Super Cup final as a brace from Aleksandar Mitrovic and goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Malcom secured victory for Al Hilal, despite Ronaldo scoring the opening goal.
Al Hilal captain Salem Al-Dawsari recreates the celebration of winning theĀ 2022Ā World Cup ā¦ PHOTO: X
Clearly not content with just beatingĀ RonaldoĀ in the final, Salem wanted to āswing the knifeā even more when it came time to present the trophy. After receiving the trophy, Salem swayed from side to side and slowly walked towards his waiting teammates before raising the trophy high.
This was a perfect replica of what Lionel Messi did at the World Cup in Qatar when he led Argentina to a dramatic penalty shootout win over France in the final. Throughout the match, fans in the stadium chanted Messiās name to taunt Ronaldo.
Al HilalĀ won the Saudi Arabia Super Cup. PHOTO: GETTY
Al Hilalās fourth goal also drew an angry reaction from the 39-year-old Portuguese superstar. Malcom took advantage of some careless passes from Al Nassr in the box to score, prompting Ronaldo to signal to his teammates that they were āplaying like they were sleepwalkingā. The climax of the frustration was Ronaldo heading straight down the tunnel after the final whistle without receiving his silver medal with the Al Nassr players.
This means the Portuguese superstar was not present at the medal ceremony and did not directly witness the opposing captain imitating Messiās actions to troll him.
Ronaldo disappointed with Al Nassrās defeat to Al Hilal. PHOTO: X
Cristiano Ronaldo has just one trophy to his name at Al Nassr, when the team beat Al Hilal 2-1 in the Arab Club Cup final last August. Ronaldo was the hero that day when he scored both goals for Al Nassr. However, this is an unofficial tournamentā¦