After Cristiano Ronaldo’s Goal Got ‘Incorrectly’ Denied, Al Nassr to Splurge on ‘Foreign Referees’ for All Matches This Season

Days earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a spectacular header that was later denied by VAR. There have been frequent faults on the officiating side in many of the Saudi League games and Al Nassr has had enough. In the wake of the events, Al Nassr has now decided to shell out money to spend excessively on ‘foreign referees’ for all of their games. The Saudi club decided to bring better professional referees after experiencing many instances of missed opportunities due to bad officiating.

Al Nassr went on to win the match 4-0 but Ronaldo wasn’t happy with the ref’s decision. Cristiano Ronaldo was also heard shouting “Always against me” when his goal was denied. Foreign referees have officiated Saudi matches in earlier instances as well.

New referees to bring relief to Cristiano Ronaldo

During the match between Al Nassr and Al Shabab, Ronaldo’s second goal was denied based on a heavy push made on an Al Shabab defender. It later turned out to be a wrong decision. Furthermore, in the Asian Champions League match between Al Nassr and Shabab Al Ahli, CR7 scored a stunning bicycle kick, but the Al Ahli defender stopped the shot with his hand. It left Ronaldo frustrated and angry as no foul was given.

There has been constant negligence and bad refereeing in practice since the arrival of the Portuguese. This will be the first time that foreign officials will be monitoring all the matches for a team.

In the Al Shabab game, Ronaldo was on the verge of completing his second straight hattrick which would also have been his 850th career goal. However this time, CR7 handled the frustration well and showed his leadership qualities as he gave Abdulrahman Ghareeb his penalty in an attempt to end his goalless drought.

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Many prominent foreign officials have previously monitored the games. Among these, a few notable names are English referee, Michael Oliver and Spanish referee, Mateu Lahoz.

Foreign referees have been officiating in Saudi Arabia

Earlier, the famous Premier League official Michael Oliver traveled to Saudi Arabia to referee the match between Al Nassr and Al Hilal, earning a match fee of $3,758. Howard Webb, the chief of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, happily accepts invitations to send officials to foreign lands for refereeing.

Mateu Lahoz, a man famous for his controversy, most recently for officiating the Netherlands vs. Argentina match. He shows many cards and creates controversies. The officials appointed Lahoz, who had officiated many La Liga matches, to officiate the match between Al-Qadsiah and Al-Hazem in the 2018-19 season. They called Lahoz again to officiate the derby match between Al Ittihad and Al Ettifaq.

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With the arrival of professional world-class referees Al Nassr will strike off any chances of conceding an unlucky goal. How many goals do you think Ronaldo will score this season? Let us know in the comments below.