Cristiano Ronaldo frustrated as Al Nassr denied a place in King's Cup final

Cristiano Ronaldo suffered another blow at Al Nassr when his side were dumped out of the King’s Cup semi-finals on Monday night by 10-men Al Wehda.

Nassr, who sit three points off the Saudi Pro League summit following last week’s derby defeat to Al Hilal, were outdone in Riyadh by a 23rd-minute bicycle kick from Jean-David Beauguel.

Ronaldo, who signed for Nassr in December on a hugely lucrative deal, did have chances to get his side back into it, but left Mrsool Park visibly disappointed with the result.

Wehda will now take on Hilal in the next month's final, while Nassr must dust themselves off for the resumption of their title bid later this week.

The Riyadh club, currently with Dinko Jelicic as caretaker coach after Rudi Garcia’s dismissal earlier this month, sit second in the table with six matches remaining, although leaders Ittihad do have a game in hand.

Nassr, who won the last of their nine top-flight titles four years ago, are next in action in the league on Thursday, with a home clash against 11th-placed Al Raed.

Against Wehda on Monday, Ronaldo had the first sight of goal on nine minutes, but dragged wide a low, left-footed shot from around 25 yards out. Soon after, he forced a fine save from Munir Mohamedi with a back-post header.

Al Nassr did have their chances: Cristiano #Ronaldo wasted arguably their best. Looks like he knew it, too. pic.twitter.com/5YxB2T0wVh

Yet Wehda took the lead midway through the first half, when a mix-up between Nassr goalkeeper Nawaf Al Aqidi and defender Alvaro Gonzalez allowed Beauguel to send an unchallenged acrobatic effort into the hosts’ net.

Before the half was out, Nassr top-scorer Anderson Talisca drove high over the Wehda crossbar from range, while Ali Al Hassan flashed