On Friday, March 7, in the Saudi Arabia championship match, Al-Nassr hosted Al-Shabab. The goal for the visiting team was defended by Ukrainian goalkeeper Georgiy Bouchan.
Georgiy Bouchan and Cristiano RonaldoAl-Shabab opened the scoring in the 41st minute—Abderrazak Hamdallah converted a penalty. The home team scored two goals in injury time of the first half and took the lead (2:1). Ayman Yahya (45+2 minutes) and Cristiano Ronaldo (45+7 minutes) were the scorers. The Portuguese forward’s goal sparked particular controversy.
Cristiano Ronaldo received a pass, burst into the penalty area, and shot from a sharp angle under the crossbar. The referee ruled offside, but VAR did not confirm a rules violation. However, photos and videos emerged on social media, leading fans to conclude that the goal was scored from an offside position. Fans defend their point of view.
9Quantum19_: There was no offside there. The goal was clean. And the fact that some clueless people from the freeze-frame, showing the moment of the ball reception by Ronaldo’s teammate, draw the erroneous conclusion that Ronaldo was offside at the time of the pass to him—that’s their personal concerns.
WalterBlack: I don’t understand how such a goal could be counted, it’s clearly visible at first glance that there was offside. The most astonishing decision from the referees.
avk2307: goal from offside. Ronaldo personally convinced the referees for about 5–7 minutes and they raised the flag during the attack, then lowered it, but didn’t give an explanation why. A real farce.
8: Request a record of Al-Fara’s speech, request a meeting with the head of the refereeing committee, this is becoming unnatural.
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