Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr could not resist the temptation to sign five-times Ballon D'Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, in January given the prolific Portuguese
He scored 14 goals in 16 league games but failed to net during a 1-1 draw with Al-Ettifaq on Saturday in which he was substituted.Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer failed to impress in several key matches, often taking out his frustration on his teammates.The first trophy to slip from his grasp was the Saudi Super Cup when his team lost 3-1 to Al-Ittihad in the semifinals in January.“It is not easy to adapt in the first five, six or seven games.
Al-Nassr then lost 2-0 to arch-rivals Al-Hilal before a surprise 1-0 defeat by lowly Al-Wehda in the King’s Cup semifinals.That left the 38-year-old Ronaldo’s hopes of winning a trophy dependent on Al-Ittihad stumbling in the league and that did not happen.Al Nassr’s failings were not all Ronaldo’s fault, of course, although his presence appeared to affect his teammate Anderson Talisca with the Brazilian scoring 11 goals in 11 games before Ronaldo’s arrival and seven in 11 alongside him.
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