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Cristiano Ronaldo has gone viral after being spotted giving himself a pep talk before hitting a free-kick straight into the wall.
Footage shared online shows Ronaldo, 40, talking to himself as he waits to take the shot in the 96th minute of Al-Nassr’s King’s Cup defeat by Al-Ittihad on Tuesday.
But the free-kick proved to be a huge disappointment as the Portuguese superstar smashed his effort straight into the wall.
It is not clear what Ronaldo was saying but one fan claimed online that he repeated the phrase: ‘You will score.’
The incident came towards the end of the King’s Cup clash, with Ronaldo’s side being dumped out of the competition by their 10-man opponents.
Karim Benzema, Ronaldo’s former Real Madrid team-mate, opened the scoring before Angelo Gabriel equalized on the half-hour mark.
Cristiano Ronaldo was spotted giving himself a pep-talk before a late free-kick in Al-Nassr’s defeat by Al Ittihad
Al-Ittihad ensured they went into the break with the lead as Houssem Aouar put them 2-1 up on the stroke of half-time.
Benzema’s side were reduced to 10 men in the second half when Ahmed Al Julaydan was sent off.
Ronaldo had a glorious chance to level not long after. He ran through on goal but tried an audacious chip and his tame effort was easily gathered by the goalkeeper.
And Ronaldo’s men could not capitalize on their one-man advantage as they crashed out of the tournament, prolonging the ex-Manchester United star’s wait for a major trophy in Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo’s only honors since leaving United and making the stunning move to Al-Nassr in December 2022 came when they won the Arab Champions Cup in 2023 – although it is considered a friendly competition.
Last week Ronaldo was captured teaching streamer IShowSpeed how to do a Viking clap as Al-Nassr celebrated thrashing Al-Fateh 5-1 to extend their Saudi Pro League advantage.
Speed, who has built much of his 45 million-strong YouTube audience with content based on Ronaldo, was in the stands with Al-Nassr’s fans to watch the game.
At full-time, Speed, 20, assumed the role of drummer-in-chief to lead the fans through their Viking clap.
Ronaldo appeared confident but struck a disappointing effort into the wall to all-but seal his side’s fate
The defeat by Al-Ittihad prolongs the Portuguese star’s wait for a major trophy in Saudi Arabia
There was just one problem: the American didn’t really know what he was doing.
Fortunately, Ronaldo came near the edge of the pitch to act out the motion for Speed to copy.
Speed, a Ronaldo superfan, grew into it, played up theatrically for the cameras, and looked to enjoy his newfound role leading the adulation of his favorite player.
