Cristiano Ronaldo has missed his second straight game for Al-Nassr amid a dispute with the Saudi Pro League.

Ronaldo was sidelined for Friday’s match against Al Ittihad after also not playing on Monday against Al Riyadh. Al Nassr won both of those matchups despite being without Ronaldo.

According to ESPN, Ronaldo was upset that he did not receive a guarantee that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF) would make changes regarding the Saudi Pro League, leading to the star player boycotting Friday’s game. Al Nassr expected to see Ronaldo on the pitch despite the dispute.

Ronaldo missed Monday’s game because he was unhappy with the PIF’s help for his club in the transfer window.

The Saudi Pro League issued a statement warning Ronaldo, “The Saudi Pro League is structured around a simple principle: Every club operates independently under the same rules,” the league said.

“Clubs have their own boards, their own executives, and their own football leadership. Decisions on recruitment, spending, and strategy sit with those clubs, within a financial framework designed to ensure sustainability and competitive balance. That framework applies equally across the league.”

Transfer funds are supposed to come from player acquisition funds and not the PIF. The funds are all overseen by the Saudi Pro League, and the funds are based on the size of the club.

It is unclear when Ronaldo will return to game action.

Cristiano Ronaldo has made his way even further into the history books thanks to a fantastic opening World Cup performance on Friday. Ronaldo recorded a hat trick, accounting for all 3 of Portugal’s goals in a 3-3 draw against Spain.

As remarkable as it is on its own, this particular hat trick holds some historical weight, as Ronaldo’s 82nd, 83rd, and 84th international goals tied him for the most goals ever scored by a European player in international play. His mark puts him even with Ferenc Puskas, who played for the Hungarian national team from 1945 to 1956. Puskas is also the namesake of FIFA’s Goal of the Year Award. At 33-years-old, Ronaldo also became the oldest player to ever record a hat trick in the World Cup.

Ronaldo now needs another 25 goals in order to tie Ali Daei’s record for most international goals all time by a player from anywhere in the world, as his 109 goals scored for Iran from 1993-2006 makes for the highest mark in history. And just an extra little fun fact: Ronaldo is now the fourth player in history to score a goal in 4 different World Cups, joining the likes of Pele, Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose.

Friday’s hat trick was the 51st of Ronaldo’s career in both international and club play, but it was the only one which didn’t result in his team’s victory. Ronaldo was not disparaged by the result, though, as he indicated that there is plenty more soccer (or football, in this case) to be played. He said, “It was a good result. We sacrificed a lot but we believed in ourselves right to the end. This is just the first match. It was a very difficult game.”

We’ll see how Ronaldo follows up this performance when Portugal takes on Morocco on Wednesday, June 20 at 8:00 am EST.