The referee blew a penalty when Ronaldo fell in the opponent’s penalty area, but the superstar “played nicely” by refusing the penalty because he thought he had not been fouled…
hat was the match in which Ronaldo and Al Nassr played at Al-Awwal Park’s home field against Iranian opponent Persepolis in the AFC Champions League. In the 2nd minute of the match, in a situation where Al Nassr attacked, the Persepolis defender tackled the ball and Ronaldo fell in the penalty area.
The situation happened so quickly and everyone thought Ronaldo had been fouled. Chinese referee Ma Ning also thought so, so he immediately pointed to the 11m mark to give Al Nassr a penalty kick.
However, Ronaldo repeatedly signaled that he had not been fouled and went close to the referee to explain that it was not a penalty. This is a beautiful gesture that Ronaldo has never shown on the football field, even though he has scored many super goals.
But despite Ronaldo’s protests, the referee was still determined to blow the penalty and it was not until VAR stepped in that the referee canceled the penalty for Al Nassr .
The match then continued without a goal being scored until the end of the match, with Al Nassr reduced to 10 people from the 17th minute, after Ali Lajami was sent off. Although there was no victory, Al-Nassr still leads Group E with 13 points after 5 matches and won a ticket to the next round in the AFC Champions League .
