WATCH: Cristiano Ronaldo's missed penalty in the 96th minute leads to Al-Nassr's elimination from the King Cup

Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo made headlines just 24 hours after the conclusion of the Ballon d'Or 2024 ceremony in Paris on Monday (Oct 28). Despite not being a frontrunner for the prestigious award, it was his missed penalty in the 96th minute of the King Cup match that captured everyone's attention. Representing Al-Nassr in the Saudi FA Cup, Ronaldo's crucial miss led to his team's elimination from the competition. Fans took to social media to criticize the former Real Madrid star for his costly error.

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Playing in the King Cup in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Oct 29), Ronaldo’s side was trailing 0-1 against Al-Taawoun after defender Waleed Al-Ahmed gave his side a precious lead. While the match looked done and dusted, Ronaldo and Co got a penalty in the dying moments of the clash, meaning they could have taken the match into extra time by scoring. However, that was not the case as the 39-year-old missed the spot kick from 12 yards. Ronaldo was unhappy with the situation as he suffered the heartbreak of yet another exit from a cup competition.

Earlier in , his Portugal side missed out on a place in the semifinal at Euro 2024 after a shootout failure against France.

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This is not the first time Ronaldo has missed a penalty on a big stage, doing so in the 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow. He missed in the shootout but was later bailed out after John Terrt’s miss, handing Manchester United the Champions League.

The cup exit took place just hours after the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris where Rodri became the latest big name to join the roster. Ronaldo, a five-time winner of the prestigious honour was not nominated this year while Lionel Messi’s failure to make the cut also meant that for the first time since 2003, either of those two players were not on the nomination list.