Published On 2/11/2025
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Last update: 13:24 (Mecca time)
The penalty kick awarded by the referee to Al-Nasr in stoppage time of their match against Al-Fayhaa sparked a wave of ridicule among the stars of the Saudi League, especially from Al-Hilal and Al-Ahly, on social media.
Ronaldo’s penalty kick explodes the ridicule of Mahrez and the stars of the Saudi League
Al-Nasr invested a controversial penalty kick awarded by referee Mohammed Al-Huwaish after returning to the video assistant technology “VAR”, from which Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal (2-1), in the match that took place at the First Park Stadium for the seventh round of the competition, so that “Al-Alamy” maintained its perfect record in the tournament, achieving the seventh victory in a row.
The referee follows the shot via the video technology screen 🎥👀
A penalty kick is awarded for victory ⚽️#Al-Nasr_Al-Fayhaa pic.twitter.com/FwfbjlrhFz— Eight Sports (@thmanyahsports) November 1, 2025
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The shot that awarded a penalty kick sparked widespread controversy in the local press and among club fans, and players from competing teams also had a position on it.
Algerian star Riyad Mahrez, player of Al-Ahly Jeddah, was the first to mock the decision, as he posted a laughing face on his official Snapchat account, moments after the penalty kick was awarded.
Turkish Merih Demiral, Al-Ahly’s defender and Mahrez’s teammate, followed the same path, and posted a sarcastic smiley on his official account on the “X” platform.
For his part, Portuguese Ruben Neves, the Al Hilal midfielder, expressed his mockery of the penalty kick in the same way, but he put a group of smileys through the “photos” feature on his Instagram account, in a clear indication of his dissatisfaction with the “controversial” decision.
On the same platform, Brazilian Malcolm, Al Hilal striker, shared a sarcastic post in which he wrote, “Super Penalty,” with a group of smiling and angry faces.
During the match, the guest Al-Fayhaa was the first to open the scoring in the 13th minute through its player Gasson Remesero, before Ronaldo equalized the score for the hosts in the 37th minute.
Ronaldo returned to score the valuable victory goal in stoppage time, after successfully executing the penalty kick, as he shot a powerful ball that landed in the roof of the goal.
Goal! ⚽️
From a penalty kick, Cristiano Ronaldo scores the second winning goal for Al-Nasr 🐐🔥#Al-Nasr_Al-Fayhaa pic.twitter.com/Bv9OmQVF64— Eight Sports (@thmanyahsports) November 1, 2025
Al-Nasr strengthened its lead in the Saudi League standings with 21 points, 3 points ahead of Al-Taawoun, which is in second place, and 4 points ahead of its third-place rival, Al-Hilal, while Al-Ahly is in fifth place with 13 points.