Al-Hilal troll Cristiano Ronaldo after Saudi Super Cup red card

Tom Weber

• Updated: 9 Apr 2024 09:45 BST
• 3 min read

Cristiano Ronaldo did not have the best of times against Al-Hilal on Monday evening.

The Portuguese megastar was sent off late in the Saudi Super Cup semi-final against Al-Nassr's hated Riyadh rivals. Despite a late goal from ex-Liverpool hero Sadio Mane, Al-Nassr crashed out of the competition.

Al-Hilal have been comfortably the better team this season, beating Al-Nassr 3-0 and 2-0 in the Saudi Pro League. Perhaps on Monday, frustration at his side's lack of competitiveness got the better of Ronaldo as he elbowed Ali Al-Bulayhi in the chest to receive his marching orders.

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Ironically, it wasn't the first time Ronaldo was guilty of violent conduct in a game against Al-Nassr's rivals. In a previous fixture, Ronaldo pulled off what can only be described as a wrestling move against Al-Hilal's former midfielder Gustavo Cuellar; it was a move reminiscent of Dolph Ziggler's finishing move, the Zig-Zag.

Al-Hilal's social media manager was quick to remember this previous incident and used it to troll Ronaldo.

Al-Hilal troll Ronaldo

Al-Hilal's official club account posted a video on their TikTok account showing both of Ronaldo's moves with John Cena's famous theme song providing the background music. The post garnered some 18,000 likes and 4,000 shares.

After recently crashing out of the AFC Champions League against UAE side Al-Ain, Ronaldo is now at serious risk of finishing the campaign with no major trophy to his name.

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Al-Hilal are cruising towards another Saudi Pro League, currently sitting 12 points clear of Al-Nassr. Al-Hilal have been invincible this season despite the fact that €90 million summer signing Neymar has been injured for most of the season.

The Riyadh behemoths are only expected to get stronger in the upcoming transfer window. Ronaldo is facing an uphill battle to push Al-Nassr's rivals off their throne.