Ronaldo misses penalty as Al Nassr are eliminated from Saudi King's Cup | Football News

The Portugal star's stoppage time penalty flies over the bar and hits a young fan who captures it in the stands.

Cristiano Ronaldo missed a stoppage time penalty and his Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr were knocked out of the King's Cup with a 1-0 defeat by Al Taawoun.

The five-time Ballon D'Or winner has yet to win a major trophy since signing for the club nearly two years ago.

Playing in the round of 16 of the Saudi Arabian Premier League on Tuesday, Al Taawoun took the lead through Waleed Al-Ahmad's header with 20 minutes remaining. Al-Ahmad was then whistled for offside in the 95th minute.

Ronaldo has converted all 18 of his penalties against Al Nassr but this time he fired over the bar and shocked the home crowd of 14,519 at Al-Awwal Park in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The ball hit a young fan who was taking a picture of the Portuguese with his phone in the stands behind the goal.

Ronaldo has scored 73 goals in 82 games for Al Nassr since joining the club in December 2022.

The defeat is Stefano Pioli's first since the Italian replaced Luis Castro as head coach in September.

Ronaldo and Al Nassr still have two chances of silverware this season but are six points behind leaders Al Hilal after eight league games, and have seven points from three games in the Asian Champions League group stage.

“Technically we did well but we could not win the game,” said Pioli.

“We feel disappointed to be out of the cup. But we still have two trophies left to win and we will give our best to them.”