Riyadh: Action has been taken against Cristiano Ronaldo who performed obscenely during the match during the fans' calls for Messi. The player was banned for one match. The Saudi Football Federation has proposed to pay a fine in addition to the ban.
Cristiano will miss Thursday's game against Al Hazm with a one-match ban.
The federation has to pay a fine of around two and a quarter lakh rupees (10,000 Saudi Riyals) and the Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab about four and a half lakh rupees (20,000 Saudi Riyals). The penalty is to cover the costs associated with the complaint.
The action was taken by the Saudi Football Federation Disciplinary and Ethics Committee. The federation said that the decision is final and no appeal can be made against it.
The incident that led to the action was during the Saudi Pro League match held last Sunday. Cristiano's Al Nasr won 3-2 against Al Shabaab. Later, there were shouts of 'Messi Messi' from the gallery towards Cristiano.
| Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be INVESTIGATED for a gesture he made towards fans chanting for Lionel Messi.
[@MailSport] pic.twitter.com/2ZJd97Y6jr
— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) February 26, 2024
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Infuriated by this, the actor hurled obscenities at her. Cristiano faced them with his hands behind his ears and repeated gestures with his hands on his hips.
After the video of this was circulated, there was a big controversy and Cristiano's work was considered to be full of obscenity. This was the action.
