Joy and sadness as Ronaldo win his first championship with Al-Nassr, suffers knee injury...

Joy and sadness as Ronaldo wins his first championship with Al-Nassr

suffers knee injury

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo lived through a roller coaster at the Asia Cup final between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, he managed to win his first title with his new club and he was the most important player of the tournament.

Al-Nassr did not wake up during the final until the final 30 minutes of the game but there was a specific moment in which Ronaldo felt provoked by Michael, who celebrated with Cristiano's signature move after drawing first blood only six minutes into the second half.

With 16 minutes left on the clock, Cristiano Ronaldo tied the game after a brilliant cross from Sultan Al Ghannam. But the game had to go into extra time, that was more than enough for Ronaldo to seal the final 2-1 victory with a header as he finished a counterattack for Al-Nassr. This happened in the 97th minute but there was a moment in which the star had to be carted off the pitch with tears in his eyes.

It all happened after Ronaldo had already sealed the two goals that gave al-Nassr the first Asian Cup in the club's history. An image of the Portuguese star leaving the pitch inside a cart and touching his left knee with tears in his eyes. This is the exact same left knee in which he already suffered an injury during the 2016 European Cup final. Could this be a parallel to that final? Ronaldo experienced a massive deja-u by having to wait stressful minutes until the final whistle.

But unlike that final with Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo does feel more responsible for this trophy because he was the absolute best player of the tournament. With 6 scored goals, he was the top scorer, tournament MVP and scored a brace in the final. Al-Nassr can't ask anything else from Ronaldo in his first tournament played for them. Only the injury leaves a sour aftertaste. Until he gets a CT scan, we won't know the extent of the injury but watching him jump around during the celebrations gives us hope he didn't suffer a serious injury.

Game specifics

Al-Nassr: Nawaf; Sultan, Lajami, Alamri, Telles; Brozovic, Fofana, Al-Khaibari, Talisca; Mane y Ronaldo.

Subs: Al-Sulaihem, Al-Aliwa, Al-Hassam, Ghareeb, Konan, Fatil.

Cards: Brozovic, Ghanmam, Mane, Konan, Sulaiheem

Al-Hilal: Alowais; Abdulhamid, Koulibaly, Al-Bulayhi, Shahrani; Kanno, Neves; Malcom, Milinkovic-Savic, Michael y Al-Dawsari.

Subs: Jahfali, Al-Burayk, Al-Hamdan, Radif, Carrillo, Al-Juwayr

Cards: Koulibaly, Al-Boleahi