It is not very common to see Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench. The Portuguese had only been replaced three times so far in league championship and always with the score in favor of Al-Nassr. But before Al-Shabab, with his own playing in numerical inferiority for the expulsion of Al-Fatil at the beginning of the second half, the ‘bug’ suffered from the beauty out of the field after leaving his place at the tip of attack on Jhon Durán in the 71st minute.
Cristiano despaired, protested arbitral decisions and almost acted as a coach giving slogans to his teammates. The clock ran against al-nassr and the draw (2-2) did not move from the scoreboard. The Portuguese was not comfortable on the bench and chose to sit on a portable fridge at the technical area in the purest Marcelo Bielsa style.
The collegiate added seven minutes but Cristiano decided that he had already seen and suffered enough in 95 ‘. Without waiting for the final whistle, he faced the tunnel of changing rooms with a face of few friends after a stumbling block at home that puts a little more difficult the assault on a league title that resists him since he arrived in Arabia. In fact, Al-Nassr is fourth (out of Asian Champions stalls) 10 points from the al-ntihad leader with as many days to dispute.