Cristiano Ronaldo missed out on the chance to win $1 million after losing a football shooting challenge to a fan.
THE Al-Nassr captain participated in a competition hosted by American YouTube sensation MrBeast.
Ronaldo, 39, clashed with Khalid, who subscribes to MrBeast’s YouTube channel. Presented as “the footballing phenomenon par excellence”, the Portugal The captain entered the field wearing an Al Nassr jersey with MrBeast written on the back.
MrBeast, who last month appeared as a guest on Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube channeloffered a million dollar prize to whoever would be the first to hit three targets placed along the goal.
“I put on my lucky shirt with MrBeast,” Ronaldo said, smiling.
A nervous Khalid, who wore Al Nassr’s away jersey, said before the match: “I am his (Ronaldo’s) number one fan.”
When MrBeast asked Khalid what his chances were of beating Ronaldo, he replied, “Honestly, I think it’s 50-50,” to which Ronaldo replied, “I like that he’s confident.” »
Before starting, MrBeast reminded Ronaldo and Khalid that 100 million people were watching.
They each took turns. Ronaldo missed all his attempts and as Khalid made two of his four attempts and was one away from winning the big check, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner encouraged Khalid to shoot, to which Mr. Beast said: “I think Ronaldo wants me to lose a million dollars.
Khalid hit the target for the third time with his fifth shot and celebrated as Ronaldo hugged him and said: “I’m so proud of you, my friend.”