Portugal defeated Ghana with the score of 3-2 on November 25 (Beijing time) in the first round of the Qatar World Cup group stage. Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot, but Ayew equalized for Ghana. Later, Felix and Leo of Portugal scored twice. Ghana’s Bukari scored in the 89th minute of the game. Throughout this campaign, Cristiano Ronaldo performed a number of miraculous feats.
First, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in history to score in five consecutive World Cups.
Second, Cristiano Ronaldo now has eight goals in the World Cup, which is more than Messi had with seven.
Third, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 118th goal for his country.
Fourth, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 819th in his career.
Fifth, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in 10 consecutive major tournaments (European Cup and World Cup). He is the first man in history to score in nine consecutive tournaments. Cristiano Ronaldo keeps breaking records.
Sixth, 37-year-pld Ronaldo became the second oldest goalscorer in the history of World Cup, just behind 42-year-oldRoger Milla.
The Portuguese national anthem was played before the match, and Ronaldo was tearful, which touched a lot of people. He is going through a challenging time right now. As he stands on the World Cup stage and listens to his country’s anthem, he is unavoidably emotional.
Ronaldo was very active in the first half. onaldo was not offside and it was a single ball, but the stop was wide. Ghana’s keeper rushed out to block it, the ball hit the goalkeeper, then Cristiano Ronaldo, and then rolled off the line. Cristiano Ronaldo blew a great chance.
Ronaldo leapt high to head the ball into the goal in the 13 minute. The ball was headed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who then jumped extremely high and displayed excellent bouncing skills.
When Ronaldo collected the ball on the left side of the narrow penalty area in the 30th minute, he had another opportunity, but the referee called time for pushing the ball earlier. Ronaldo had an angry and perplexed expression.
In the first half, Ghana and Portugal were deadlocked at 0-0. Ghana received 0 shots while Portugal had 7. Portugal controlled the ball for 70% of the first half, as opposed to Ghana’s 30%. Commentator Xu Yang noted that only Cristiano Ronaldo was participating in the fight during Portugal’s first-half resistance, which was insufficient.
Ronaldo scored the 118th goal in his 192nd appearance for Portugal. He became the first player to score in the history of five World Cups.
He has scored in five World Cups, five European Cups and 10 major tournaments. He has scored eight goals so far in five World Cups. He has scored 14 goals in five European Cups and 22 in 10 tournaments.
Portugal’s 50th goal in the World Cup finals gave Ronaldo’s goal additional significance. Eusebio is the Portuguese player who led all goal scorers at this year’s World Cup. The Panthers scored 9 goals in 1966, Portugal’s first World Cup appearance. He is currently only one goal behind Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the 73rd minute, Ghanaian striker Andre Ayew restored parity. But before Felix and the replacement Rafael Leon scored, Bruno Fernandez set up two consecutive assists in the 78th and 80th minutes.
Ronaldo was substituted by Portugal coach Fernando Santos in the 88th minute when the score was 3-1. But just over a minute later, the Ghanaian substitute Boukary scored and celebrated by mimicking his moves. Sitting on the bench, Ronaldo was very angry.
Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa opened the ball just before the final whistle when he didn’t see Iniaki Williams behind him. He put the ball on the ground and Williams scrambled for it, but the Ghana striker slipped and missed it. Otherwise, the score is tied at 3-3. Anyway, Portugal won with the score of 3-2. In the most difficult moment for Portugal team, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock. He was award as man the best player and it was an added bonus for him.