{"id":297757,"date":"2023-10-31T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297757"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:26:00","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-demands-a-referee-is-substituted-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/cristiano-ronaldo-demands-a-referee-is-substituted-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo demands a referee is substituted in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cristiano Ronaldo demands a referee is substituted after team-mate Talisca&#8217;s goal was ruled out during Al-Nassr&#8217;s King Cup of Champions win against Al-Ettifaq&#8230; with the Brazilian sent off moments later<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Al-Nassr won 1-0 against Al-Ettifaq in a bad-tempered cup match in Saudi Arabia\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo was angered by the performance of the referee in the match\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A furious\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo gestured for the referee to be substituted during\u00a0Al-Nassr&#8217;s 1-0 win over Al-Ettifaq in the King Cup of Champions quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo had been angered by the performance of the referee in the closing stages of the first half of the match.<\/p>\n<p>His team-mate\u00a0Talisca had appeared to have given Al-Nassr the lead in stoppage time at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian&#8217;s turned in a cross at the back post, with his effort initially awarded by Chilean referee Piero Maza.<\/p>\n<p>His effort was chalked off following a VAR review, with Ronaldo adjudged to have been offside and interfering with play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/18\/77236429-12694263-image-a-7_1698775399322.jpg\" height=\"318\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo was seen gesturing for the referee to be substituted during the match\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/18\/77236431-12694263-image-a-8_1698775403222.jpg\" height=\"494\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roanldo had been angered by the decision to rule out an Al-Nassr goal in the first half<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo signalled to the bench for a substitution, before pointing at the referee.<\/p>\n<p>Maza was forced to make another decision involving\u00a0Talisca moments later, with the referee booking the Al-Nassr player after catching an opponent with his left arm.<\/p>\n<p>Another VAR review led to the yellow card being upgraded to a red, with\u00a0Talisca adjudged to have struck out with his arm.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo had earlier been booked in the first half for dissent towards the referee after the 38-year-old had seen an appeal for a free-kick waved away.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese star avoided a second booking for his outburst towards the official later in the half.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ettifaq, managed by Steven Gerrard, were also reduced to 10-men in the match with midfielder\u00a0Ali Hazazi sent off for a foul which led to a brawl between the two teams.<\/p>\n<p>Sadio Mane would score the decisive goal in the bad tempered cup tie, with the former Liverpool star netting in the second period of extra time.<\/p>\n<p>The result takes Al-Nassr into the last eight of the cup competition, which features teams from the top two tiers in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12694263\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-demands-referee-substituted-Al-Nassr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo demands a referee is substituted after team-mate Talisca&#8217;s goal was ruled out during Al-Nassr&#8217;s King Cup of Champions <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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