Cristiano Ronaldo – the person who has been in information for the higher a part of the final two weeks – as soon as once more made headlines on Thursday with a historic feat. All eyes had been on him in Portugal’s Group H match towards Ghana on the Stadium 974 and he rose as much as the problem like he has accomplished so many instances previously. However, he achieved one thing on Thursday that had by no means been accomplished by a male footballer earlier. In the sixty fifth minute of the match, Cristiano Ronaldo transformed from the spot to place Portugal 1-0 forward. With that aim, Ronaldo grew to become the primary male footballer in historical past to attain aim in 5 completely different FIFA World Cups. Ultimately, Portugal gained the match by a 3-2 margin.

He overtook Pele and Germans Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose, who all scored in 4 World Cups. Ronaldo additionally prolonged his personal world file tally of worldwide objectives to 118. The usually ice-cold spot-kick was Ronaldo’s eighth profession aim on the World Cup and comes after a tumultuous week which noticed the star ahead make a sensational exit from Manchester United after weeks of tensions with the membership.

But there was controversy surrounding the penalty, which was awarded after Ronaldo crashed theatrically to the turf following minimal contact with Ghana defender Mohammed Salisu.

Andre Ayew raised hopes for Ghana with a 73rd minute equaliser however objectives from Joao Felix and Rafael Leao ensured a profitable begin for the Euro 2016 champions. Osman Bukari scored a late comfort for Ghana.

Manchester United introduced this week that Ronaldo will go away with fast impact after he criticised the membership and supervisor Erik ten Hag in a TV interview, however he has confirmed no indicators of pressure from the bitter finish to his time at Old Trafford.

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All-time males’s file worldwide goal-scorer Ronaldo lined up in his typical centre-forward place for the Group H conflict, two days after he parted methods with Manchester United by mutual consent on Tuesday.

Ronaldo, 37, had spoken in a controversial interview final week, when he lashed out at Man United coach Erik ten Hag and the membership itself, scary his eventual departure.

With AFP inputs

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