What was Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction when he found out they hadn’t given him the goal against Uruguay

With a brace from Bruno Fernandes, Portugal beat Uruguay, signed the qualification for the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, and put the ‘Celeste’ in difficulty, which will all be played against Ghana next Friday. The Manchester United midfielder commanded his team with a brace, but attention is on Cristiano Ronaldowho celebrated the first of the goals as his, until television made it clear otherwise.

And that’s it, Portugal’s first goal came from a Bruno Fernandes center that was aimed at Cristiano’s head. The Madeira native charged with a header, and the technical gesture was unbeatable, even if it had one peculiarity: he never really touched the ball. At first, the VAR reviewed Cristiano’s position and validated the striker’s goal, but quickly corrected and confirmed Fernandes as scorer.

The truth is that the cameras they stayed with Cristiano’s reaction at the time of confirmation that the author of the goal was finally his teammate. In the clipping we see how the now former Manchester United player manages to raise his arms, showing visibly upset when he sees the name of Bruno Fernandes on the electronic billboard. A few seconds later, the Portuguese smiles and seems to be looking for the scorer with his eyes.

Then, with ten minutes left to play and just one goal difference between the sides, Fernando Santos decided to remove the Portuguese star player from the field, who would return to the field after the game was over for an unusual reason . According to what is learned, Cristiano would have gone to look for the Iranian referee Alireza Faghani, in charge of validating Fernandes’ first goal. Apparently, the former Real Madrid player tried to explain to the referee that the goal was his. FIFA had already made a decision.

Bearing in mind that both goals of the match were finally converted by Fernandes, Cristiano still has one goal left in two games played this World Cup. The forward scored from twelve steps in the first match of the ‘Portuguese’ against Ghana, and will have to wait for next Friday’s match against South Korea to look for his second goal on Qatari soil. In any case, Cristiano assured him a few days ago “I would sign to win the World Cup without my goals”so disallowing his goal against Uruguay would mean no big deal.

With the victory against the South Americans, the Portuguese closed the passage to the round of 16. Now Portugal are starting to think about the duel with the Koreans knowing that, only if they are tied, they would end up securing first place in the group. Now, it remains to be seen if Portugal’s coach will finally choose to put his best against Korea, or if these two victories will see them protect their best names for their round of 16 match.

Adidas confirmed it: the goal was not from Cristiano

In case there was still any doubt, Adidas have confirmed in the last few hours that Portugal’s opening goal against Uruguay finally came from Bruno Fernandes. Despite Cristiano’s protests, a special chip placed inside the World Cup ball made it clear the Madeiran native never made contact with the ball, so the goal was properly validated for him behind the wheel.

From the German brand, they released a statement, in which they revealed the following: “In the match between Portugal and Uruguay, using the Connected Ball technology housed in the official Adidas Al Rihla ball, we were able to definitively demonstrate that Cristiano Ronaldo did not enter in contact with the ball for the first goal of the game”.