Jhon Duran was sent – to the great fury of Cristiano Ronaldo – while the undefeated race for seven Al -Nassr games in the Saudi Pro League ended when Al -etttifaq scored two late goals to win 3 -2 in Riyadh.
Duran, who had scored twice in each of his first two championship games for Al-Nassr after his January Villa move, was rejected in the injury time of the second half to brush your hand On the head of the replacement of Al-Metifaq Abdulelah Al Malki, whose theaters saw the Colombian red.
Ronaldo, who spent a quiet night, reacted angrily, showing off with the officials before kicking the ball from the central point on the ground.
How Ronaldo reacted to the Duran’s red card. Flight pic.twitter.com/c75oe1qrlb
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He made a frustrating outing for the men of Stefano Pioli who were canceled by two goals from the former Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, Gini Wijnaldum.
Wijnaldum canceled the first match of Aidan Yahya’s opener before Mohammed Al Fratil restored the advantage of Al-Nassr.
Al Fatil scored at the other end with eight minutes to do and Wijnaldum appeared with the winner seven minutes later to finish the turnaround.
The victory continues the fine form of Al-Metifaq under the new Saad Al-Shehri boss. Since Al-Shehri replaced Steven Gerrard at the helm, Al-Metifaq won three of the four games in the Pro League to climb the ninth of the table.
