'Ronaldo's great humiliation?' Due to the failure of the Saudi League's box office, the audience for the first two games of the season was only 22%
Sep 06, 2024
|
|
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo (39, Al Nasr) recently achieved a historical record in the first Group A match against Croatia (2-1 wins) in the UEFA Nations League'2024-2025 season.
Ronaldo scored his 900th career goal on the day. On top of that, he also increased his record of most appearances and most goals in A matches to 213 games and 131 goals, respectively.
Ronaldo is still showing off his power on the A-match stage, but he is humiliated in the Saudi Arabian League where he plays.
British media 'Mirror' reported on the 6th (Korea Standard Time) 'The spectator disaster of the Saudi professional league' and that the Saudi league is not enjoying the box office success due to Ronaldo, contrary to what the Saudi league expected.
Less than two years after Ronaldo entered the Saudi league enjoying the benefits of astronomical 'Oil Money', 'fundamental' is being revealed.
England 'Daily Star'Ronaldo's transfer to Saudi Arabia was expected to make a big difference in the soccer world, but he is having difficulty attracting fans. Ronaldo may be the representative star of the Saudi professional league, but he doesn't seem to be doing much to arouse regional interest.
|
|
As local media put it 'Statistics that could hurt Ronaldo's self-esteem'Al-Nasr's first two games of the new season had only 35.8% and 12.3%, respectively.
In the first round of home games (1-1 draw) between Al Nasr and Alaed, only 8,951 people entered the home stadium, which can accommodate 25,000 people. In the second match against Al Payha (4-1 win), which was held in the away game, only 4,195 spectators gathered at the stadium, which can accommodate 34,000 people.
The 'mirror' suggests that Ronaldo, who is accustomed to playing in front of huge crowds at Old Trafford (Manchester United home stadium) and Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid home stadium), has played for only 13,146 of the 59,000 spectators so far this season, which is only 22%.
cms@sportschosun.com
