Jota row: Cristiano Ronaldo demands sanctions against supporters!

Jota row: Cristiano Ronaldo demands sanctions against supporters! The affair is escalating. The controversy continues to grow in Saudi Arabia following the behavior of Al-Taawoun supporters during the match against Al-Hilal on the seventh matchday of the league season. As a reminder, during a stoppage in play, the home team's supporters chanted " Jota, Jota, Jota " directly at Ruben Neves, a close friend of the Portuguese international who died on July 3, 2025, in a car accident alongside his brother. The Portuguese international had first expressed his outrage on the pitch before once again voicing his anger in the mixed zone after the match . " I just hope they won’t go and pray after what they did ," Ruben Neves told the journalists present.  Already widely shared, these events took on a new dimension this Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota’s teammate for Portugal and the leading figure of Saudi football, shared footage of the supporters’ chant and called for exemplary sanctions. " The league must take action and punish this kind of behavior from supporters. This is no longer football, and limits need to be set. People who behave like this should never again be allowed into a stadium ," the Portuguese legend wrote on Instagram. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.