Cristiano Ronaldo attacks ‘lookalike’ in Saudi Arabia: “You’re very ugly!”

Cristiano Ronaldo has never lacked self confidence, which his ‘lookalike’ found out the hard way ahead of Al Nassr’s Saudi Pro League game against Al Shabab on Friday.

As the teams were warming up for the game in Riyadh, one fan was spotted in the stands wearing a Portugal shirt with Ronaldo’s name and number on it, and sporting a similarly slicked-back hairstyle. To most, he bore more than a passing resemblance to the man himself, certainly from a distance.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s full exchange with Saudi Arabian ‘double’

And the ‘lookalike’ did manage to catch the former Real Madrid star’s attention before kickoff, although he might wish he hadn’t.

Ronaldo jogged over in his general direction and went on the offensive: “Bro, you don’t look like me. You don’t look like me. You’re very ugly!”

To make maters worse, the ‘other’ Ronaldo could be heard shouting “You are the best!” at his idol on several occasions, eventually seeing the funny side of the unsolicited ‘attack’.

To the Al Nassr attacker’s credit, he wore a wry smile after the ‘insult,’ and concluded the interaction by directing a big thumbs up to his ‘double’.

Mixed evening for CR7

It was a mixed evening otherwise for the 40-year-old, who put Al Nassr 2-1 ahead at the end of the first half but was substituted with 20 minutes left to play after his team had been reduced to 10 men.

The 2-2 draw leaves Al Nassr fourth in the Saudi Pro League, 10 points behind Karim Benzema’s Al Ittihad, the league leaders.

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