The star striker Cristiano Ronaldo once again defended the colors of his Portugal team, but on this occasion he could not contain his anger and annoyance in any way after the defeat they suffered 2 goals to 0 against the Slovenia team, which occupies the 54th position in the FIFA world team ranking.
The star player of Al Nassr of the Saudi Pro League at 39 years of age He was also quite upset for not having made this second part of the most recent FIFA double date, a preparatory duel for what will be the current year’s Euro Cup that will take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14.
Match without much enthusiasm at first
The match did not have the best scenes of action and emotion, at least not for the first half hour. Joao Félix, a FC Barcelona player, was the one who gave the first warning with a shot that went well over the rival goal, while the first opportunity that Cristiano Ronaldo had would come at 59 minutes of the second half when he sought to score through a cross shot that passed very close to one of the goalposts.
Ronaldo continued trying to score in every way possible to break another record and continue making his list of goals scored playing for the Portuguese national team transcendent and so far he has done so a total of 47 times.
CR7’s annoyance
Cristiano Ronaldo’s frustration and helplessness continued to rise not only because he could not score but also because his team was being surpassed by Slovenia, and in the 71st minute Adam Gnezda Cerin was able to finish a collective play to put Slovenia ahead on the scoreboard.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s angry face said it all. Portugal was looking to return to the match and actually reacted through João Félix, he had two other chances and one of them hit the post after a header from the Barcelona player.
With only 10 minutes left in the game, Ronaldo fell inside the area and called for a penalty in favor of Portugal, but the referee of the match, Irfan Peljto, did not consider that this action was a foul. The locals immediately had the chance to start another counterattack and with a good collective association, Timi Max Elsnik concluded the play with a shot to the corner that left goalkeeper Diogo Costa without any response and the 2-0 was finalized.
Ronaldo would have one more chance to put the score backbut the free kick he took was cleared by goalkeeper Jan Oblak, putting an end to the friendly match of the FIFA double date.
Once the match was over, Cristiano Ronaldo left the field of play amidst whistles and boos from the local fans. Ronaldo immediately went to the main referee and reproached him for not having taken the penalty and shook his finger at him.
Similar actions in Al Nassr
In one of his last matches for his club, Al Nassr of Saudi Arabiathe living legend of Portugal had a similar attitude and was suspended for one game in the Saudi Pro League, as well as having to pay a sum of money for being fined.
CR7 is the all-time top scorer at the national team level and has a total of 128 goals in 205 games. In second place is the Iranian Ali Daei (retired) with 109 goals in 148 games played and the podium is completed by Lionel Messi, with 106 goals in 179 matches.
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