On the other hand, I never expected CR7 to perform a somersault in that match, although it was unfortunate that the ball was still saved by the goalkeeper. In that match, CR7 scored his 100th goal for Al Nassr. A new record, making him the only player to have scored more than a hundred goals for every club he has ever played for.
Cristiano Ronalo knows that he is no longer young and strong enough to play well in top leagues in Europe so Saudi Professional League is a perfect choice for him. He can receive many things there from lucractive salary, many appearances for the club, chance of scoring many goals, and surely can prolong his career there in a less competitive league.
Al Nassr brought in new players such as João Félix and Kingsley Coman, and dropped some of the other players. Given this, we can expect that it will take some time to get to a proper team bonding. But overall, leading on two different occasions, and then allowing the opponents to equalize and then lose the match altogether in the penalty shootout was heart-breaking for Al Nassr. It was a good opportunity for Ronaldo to win a trophy for his club, but in the end it never happened.
Al-Nassr made those transfers as part of their club development in this season and also for long term future. I believe that they realized that players like Cristiano Roanldo and Mane are no longer young especially Ronaldo so that Al-Nassr must prepare replacements on those old players by new and younger players. Hence, they found solutions and replacements with Joao Felix and Kingsley Coman.
They are younger and have longer remaining career than Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane, and they are more useful for Al-Nassr in the future even they are not world class super star players like Ronaldo and Mane. For a long term development strategy of the club, Felix and Coman can have very considerable contributions for this club.