{"id":1733,"date":"2025-10-29T19:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:42:59","slug":"ronaldos-trophy-drought-continues-after-al-nassr-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/ronaldos-trophy-drought-continues-after-al-nassr-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo&#8217;s trophy drought continues after Al-Nassr cup exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-36.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-36-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-36-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese star\u2019s side were knocked out of the King\u2019s Cup by Karim Benzema\u2019s Al-Ittihad, marking yet another missed opportunity since Ronaldo joined the club in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/player\/c-ronaldo-28185\">Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>move to Saudi Arabia was intended to&nbsp;<strong>revitalise his career and add to his haul of silverware<\/strong>&nbsp;in a league that is still developing its international profile. Despite his prolific goal-scoring and individual brilliance, the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or has yet to lift a trophy, with&nbsp;<strong>13 potential honours slipping through his fingers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest setback came in the&nbsp;<strong>King\u2019s Cup<\/strong>, where Al-Nassr&nbsp;<strong>lost<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2-1 to Al-Ittihad<\/strong>, even after gaining a&nbsp;<strong>numerical advantage from the 49th minute<\/strong>. It was Ronaldo\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>fourth premature exit<\/strong>&nbsp;from this competition, extending the club\u2019s ongoing wait for a major title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since his high-profile departure from Manchester United, Ronaldo has seen&nbsp;<strong>a string of opportunities vanish<\/strong>, including three league titles, four domestic cups, four Super Cups, and two Asian Champions League campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While his individual numbers remain impressive, the expected&nbsp;<strong>dominance of Al-Nassr under his leadership<\/strong>&nbsp;has not materialised. Ronaldo continues to find the net, but the collective success that defined much of his European career remains elusive in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portuguese star\u2019s side were knocked out of the King [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}