Al Hilal likens Ronaldo to a WWE wrestler
"Is that WWE?", Al Hilal posted on Tiktok with a video of Ronaldo fouling midfielder Gustavo Cuellar on the evening of April 18. Al Hilal's video received more than 4.4 million views, 330,000 likes and nearly 15,000 comments.
WWE is an American professional wrestling show, with revenue of nearly $1.3 billion in 2022. The symbol of the tournament is 16-time world champion wrestler John Cena. Ronaldo's foul is almost like a neck lock and a head-fight to the floor.
Ronaldo caught the eye in the match Al Nassr lost to host Al Hilal 0-2 in the 24th round of the Saudi League. The first was the situation of locking the neck and knocking down midfielder Cuellar in a ball game in the 57th minute. British referee Michael Oliver was hired to catch this match, only showing the yellow card to captain Al Nassr.
On the way Ronaldo left King Fahd Stadium, the host audience simultaneously chanted Messi's name to mock the 38-year-old striker. He has a gesture of grasping the sensitive area, which is considered rude by many. But sources from Al Nassr said that Ronaldo had pain in the sensitive area after colliding with Cuellar in the match, so he touched it. Before knocking the opponent to the ground, Ronaldo was rammed by Cuellar in a sensitive place.
However, after the foul on Cuellar, Ronaldo showed no signs of pain, causing him to be criticized. Sports site Kooora said that many Saudis are trying to expel Ronaldo for being rude to Al Hilal fans. They pointed out that the Guinean striker Alhassane Keita, who also behaved like Ronaldo while playing for Al Ittihad, was also expelled in 2008. The Saudi Football Federation canceled Keita's contract with Al Ittihad, and banned him from playing for clubs. this country in the future.
According to Kooora, the Saudi League Disciplinary Committee is studying whether to give Ronaldo a penalty. In front of Al Nassr is the semi-final of the King Cup with Al Wehda on the evening of April 24. Also, they still have six games ahead of them in the Saudi League.
