Cristiano Ronaldo stormed out of the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium without collecting his silver medal after his Al-Nassr side were thrashed 4-1 in Saturday's Saudi Super Cup final.
The 39-year-old had been hoping to win his second trophy since moving to Saudi Arabia in January 2023 - after last season's triumph in the Arab Club Champions Cup.
Ronaldo scored his first goal of the season in Wednesday's 2-0 Super Cup semi win over Al-Taawoun and found the net again just before half-time to fire Al-Nassr 1-0 up in Saturday's final.
But Al-Hilal - who won the Saudi Pro League last season without losing a single game - hit back with four second-half goals, including two by ex-Fulham frontman Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Captain Ronaldo was visibly unimpressed as the goals continued to hit the net.
The former Real Madrid and Man United star stood in the centre circle, put his hands together and gestured to his team-mates that they had been 'sleeping'.
After the game, Al-Nassr's players were presented with medals for coming second in the four-team tournament.
But Ronaldo had no interest in collecting his, so he walked out of the stadium empty-handed.
Ronaldo's time at Al-Nassr has been a mixed bag to date.
His scoring record is very impressive. He has now bagged 66 times in 72 matches for the Riyadh outfit and he won last season's Saudi Pro League Golden Boot.
However, Al-Nassr finished five points behind champions Al-Ittihad in Ronaldo's first season - having topped the table prior to his arrival - and then ended 14 points below Al-Hilal in the 2023-24 campaign.
Al-Nassr will begin their latest Saudi Pro League campaign on Thursday when they host Al-Raed.
Ronaldo and Co are also due to compete in the King Cup and Champions League Elite this season.
The level of competition in Saudi Arabia has increased significantly since Ronaldo moved to the nation 19 months ago.
A host of big-name players have followed the Portuguese icon in swapping Europe for the Arab Gulf state, including Neymar, Sadio Mane, Riyad Mahrez, Marcelo Brozovic and Aymeric Laporte.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund - which owns Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad, as well as Newcastle United in England's Premier League - has been behind most of the big-money moves.
It was recently reported that the PIF tried to strike a deal to tempt Vinicius Junior to leave Real Madrid for Al-Ahli by proposing a five-year contract worth €1 billion.
However, Vinicius is said to have rebuffed the offer, which would have seen him effectively match Ronaldo's annual Al-Nassr salary of around €200m.
Naycdknr
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CR7 is always 2nd behind Messi. He should get use to it by now.
reolmptuz
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This guys is sick. he thinks he should be the only one to win always
GopsAmeshu
977
Without Madrid Flopnaldo is average
Shmonny
930
Sadly others were players 😭 If they were woods, Ronaldo would have definitely won the match.
Junabeisuz
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I like Ronaldo but his recent his attitude is now pissing me off
TiyanjaneChalamwendo
727
he must be fined for this bad behavior
TanIsRed
616
Be humble nothing lasts forever except being good & your behavior 💯
Truthishere
505
The first year I saw Cristiano Ronaldo was 2004 Euro cup final against Greece, he really cried and twenty years later he's still crying. That’s the love of football even if he doesn't win any other till still he is the greatest player of all time 🐐🐐
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A world cup flop and international fraud has no right to the title GOAT!
GaddafiJamal
503
How do you get more money than me if I'm been paid the highest?
You Could Get Paid More Than Me In The Same Company & It’s Fine, But I Might Have Hotels, Planes & Other Vital Business That Generate Much More Money For Me Than The Salary & That Will Make Me Richer Than You Despite You Having High Earnings. Someone Sent You A Link Of The Richest Player & He’s A Very Young Boy (Faiq Bolkiah), Played Leicester Academy & Doesn’t Earn Anything From Football But Inherited His Riches From A Family Lineage, That’s Why He’s Not Mentioned Often. He’s A Descendant Of The Most Waelthiest & Richest Man To Ever Live (Mansa Musa), You Can Read & Learn About Them If You Care But The Whole Point Is Footballers Have A Lot To Contribute When It Comes To Wealth, Than Just Being The Highest Earner. There’s Private Businesses, Sportsmanship Deals, Sponsors, Image Rights, Autographs & A Whole Lot That Comes Together To Make Them Rich. I Hope You Learn Something From Here Today & Stop Exhibiting Your Ignorance..
ANK3430
504
Same old behavior from CR7. Some will make excuses that "he always wants to win, he is a fighter etc". Fact is, he is childish.
Vezbklmnru
489
I said it, it will end in tears this Ronaldo childish attitude needs to stop. because in life some times u win and some times you Arsenal.
Arsenal1400
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Ronaldo fan after the match
eltraps446
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Good You Have No Point To Prove Now Dumbhead🤧🤮😂
GaddafiJamal
392
How do you get more money than me if I'm been paid the highest?
You Could Get Paid More Than Me In The Same Company & It’s Fine, But I Might Have Hotels, Planes & Other Vital Business That Generate Much More Money For Me Than The Salary & That Will Make Me Richer Than You Despite You Having High Earnings. Someone Sent You A Link Of The Richest Player & He’s A Very Young Boy (Faiq Bolkiah), Played Leicester Academy & Doesn’t Earn Anything From Football But Inherited His Riches From A Family Lineage, That’s Why He’s Not Mentioned Often. He’s A Descendant Of The Most Waelthiest & Richest Man To Ever Live (Mansa Musa), You Can Read & Learn About Them If You Care But The Whole Point Is Footballers Have A Lot To Contribute When It Comes To Wealth, Than Just Being The Highest Earner. There’s Private Businesses, Sportsmanship Deals, Sponsors, Image Rights, Autographs & A Whole Lot That Comes Together To Make Them Rich. I Hope You Learn Something From Here Today & Stop Exhibiting Your Ignorance🤧💔🤦♂️
eltraps446
267
Okay Where Is His Networth That Proves He’s The Richest Athlete According To Forbes? You Keep Exhibiting Your Stupidity By Sending His Earnings But Everybody Already Knows He’s The Highest Earner? Where’s His Networth? 🤷♂️😂
onyibest3991
265
so this is the reason why we call him GOAT, he keeps breaking every record.. today is rejecting medal's record
eltraps446
218
Good You Have No Point To Prove Now Dumbhead🤧🤮😂
Davichi
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It's amazing how Ronaldo continues to behave like a child even at this stage of his career when he ought to be a role model to younger players. It's a shame really. The best thing for him is to retire.
eltraps446
192
Continue in it! Poor 0 brain entity!
You see the difference between us two?It takes you so long to process a reply,I reply the very time i see your senseless text,proof your brain is just a delusion
onyibest3991
132
Sadly others were players 😭 If they were woods, Ronaldo would have definitely won the match.
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after all he decided to beak rejecting medals records[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
GaddafiJamal
68
How do you get more money than me if I'm been paid the highest?
You Could Get Paid More Than Me In The Same Company & It’s Fine, But I Might Have Hotels, Planes & Other Vital Business That Generate Much More Money For Me Than The Salary & That Will Make Me Richer Than You Despite You Having High Earnings. Someone Sent You A Link Of The Richest Player & He’s A Very Young Boy (Faiq Bolkiah), Played Leicester Academy & Doesn’t Earn Anything From Football But Inherited His Riches From A Family Lineage, That’s Why He’s Not Mentioned Often. He’s A Descendant Of The Most Waelthiest & Richest Man To Ever Live (Mansa Musa), You Can Read & Learn About Them If You Care But The Whole Point Is Footballers Have A Lot To Contribute When It Comes To Wealth, Than Just Being The Highest Earner. There’s Private Businesses, Sportsmanship Deals, Sponsors, Image Rights, Autographs & A Whole Lot That Comes Together To Make Them Rich. I Hope You Learn Something From Here Today & Stop Exhibiting Your Ignorance🤧😂😂💔🤦♂️
Truthishere
68
See one sore fool whose IQ is much lower than his achievements
We're not talking about your father here! Open your eyes and see well! This is your enlightener!