Al Nassr striker Cristiano Ronaldo laughed at a post regarding Al Hilal on Instagram.
The rivalry between Al Nassr and Al Hilal is growing in Saudi Arabia, especially in recent years. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Al Nassr in January of 2023 and has scored lots of goals. Last season, Ronaldo joined too late to help Al Nassr win the league last season in the Saudi Pro League as the team finished 2nd with 67 points. Al Ittihad won the Saudi Pro League with 72 points and was only five points clear of Ronaldo’s Al Nassr. This season’s history somewhat repeats itself in the league, as Al Nassr is not in first place.
Ronaldo and Al Nassr are second in the Saudi Pro League with 53 points, but they are 12 points behind Al Hilal, who are league leaders. Al Hilal is on 65 points and has yet to lose a game in the league this season after 23 games played. Yesterday, Al Nassr suffered their fourth league loss of the season as they lost 3-1 at home to Al Raed, who are 13th in the league.
Al Hilal won their game in hand today against Al Riyadh, 3-1 away from home. What many noticed is the way Al Hilal won their game. Al Hilal was trailing 1-0 in the 52nd minute by an Al Bulayhi own goal. Just before halftime, Al Hilal had a penalty in their favor, but Aleksander Mitrovic missed the penalty. Al Riyadh keeper Martin Campana saved the penalty.
Al Hilal had a second penalty in their favor in the 66th minute, and Ruben Neves scored to equalize. Michael scored in the 75th minute to give Al Hilal the lead. Mitrovic was awarded another penalty late in the game, and he converted the third penalty for Al Hilal to make it 3-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo left laughing emojis under a post of Mitrovic’s penalty call
Cristiano Ronaldo and many Al Nassr fans couldn’t believe Al Hilal was awarded three penalties in one game. The Al Nassr fans complained at how they were favored many attempts for them to score. Ronaldo couldn’t help but join those fans and posted laughing emojis on a post of Mitrovic going down as Al Hilal got the third penalty late in the game.