The match this Thursday between Al Nassr, the new club of Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, and Al Tai, led by his compatriot Pepa, was postponed due to bad weather conditions, the leader of the Saudi soccer league announced.
“Due to heavy rain and the impact of weather conditions on the electricity distribution in the stadium, we have been officially informed that tonight’s match with Al Tai has been postponed for 24 hours,” Al Nassr reported on the networks. official club socials.
The match between Al Nassr, leader of the Saudi Arabian championship, and Al Tai, seventh classified, on the 12th day of the competition, had started at 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. in Lisbon), two days after Cristiano Ronaldo was presented as a reinforcement of the club for two and a half seasons.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, set course for Saudi football after terminating his contract with Manchester United, which he represented for the second time in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons, after a first stage (2003/2009).
Before starting the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo, who grew up at Sporting and between his two stages with the English represented Real Madrid (2009/2018) and Juventus (2018/2022), assumed that he felt “betrayed” and disrespected in the ‘red devils’, with whom he scored 145 goals in 346 games.
Cristiano Ronaldo was also sanctioned with a two-match suspension for an “improper” gesture he made towards a young Everton fan, the English Football Federation announced on November 23, 2022, one day after the announcement of the contract termination with Manchester United.
Currently led by the Frenchman Rudi García, and together with the Brazilian Talisca (ex-Benfica) and the Cameroonian Aboubakar (ex-FC Porto), Al Nassr is the club with the second most titles won in Saudi Arabia, with nine trophies, only for behind record holder Al Hilal (18).
Source: TSF
