In a focus game of the quarter-finals of the World Cup that ended in the early morning of December 11, Beijing time, the favorite Portugal lost 0-1 to the North African dark horse Morocco.
And after Portugal was eliminated, the 37-year-old superstar C Ronaldo is also very likely to complete the curtain call of his personal World Cup. After being eliminated, Ronaldo quickly left the player's passage and covered his face, as if crying.
Following the last round of eliminating Switzerland, Ronaldo was on standby on the bench again in this game. When Ennesri headed the ball to break through the goal of Morocco , Ronaldo was also helpless on the bench. He made a substitute with Cancelo just 6 minutes into the opening of the second half. Although in the subsequent games, Portugal, which was behind in the score, held Morocco's attack in the first half for most of the time, he still failed to score because of his poor goal. In the end, after 8 minutes of stoppage time, Ronaldo and his Portugal team could only say goodbye to the stage of this World Cup in regret.
It is sad that in this farewell battle, Ronaldo also set two new records. First of all, this is the 196th time in his career that Ronaldo has played for the Portuguese adult national team. He has tied for the Kuwait player Mutava, and tied for the player with the most adult men's football national team in the world. Second, Ronaldo's World Cup appearances were 22 times, tying Maradona ranked fifth in history.
However, after the team was eliminated, Ronaldo's personal records have become so pale and powerless. In this World Cup, Ronaldo made 5 appearances, started 3 times and scored 1 penalty kick. In addition, the header against Uruguay was calculated by FIFA on B fee . And these may be the data for Ronaldo's last World Cup.
Before that, Ronaldo did not express his statement that he would withdraw from the national team after the World Cup. He even expected to lead the team to play 2024 European Cup in two years, but in the World Cup four years later, he is already 41 years old, and it is almost impossible to stand in the stadium of the World Cup. And his best results in the 5th World Cup may always be at the fourth place in the first competition. Ronaldo and his life rival , Messi's first runner-up and one-time top 4 (unfinished) performance is much worse. The "GOAT" dispute may have ended the suspense early.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-