Euro 2020 elimination caps lackluster season for Cristiano Ronaldo
Football | June 28, 2021 17:31 ISTThere was no repeat European title. There was no world scoring record. And there probably won’t be a player of the year award, either.
There was no repeat European title. There was no world scoring record. And there probably won’t be a player of the year award, either.
Ronaldo requires a solitary goal against Belgium to breach the all-time record of most international goals as he is currently on par with Ali Daei on 109.
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez wants to make sure his players won’t only be looking at Ronaldo.
Daei scored a remarkable 109 goals in 149 appearances for Iran between 1993 and 2006, an achievement many thought would never be matched.
The Portuguese superstar's two goals against France on Wednesday night took his international goal tally to 109 goals; equalling all-time record of Iran's Ali Daei.
Ronaldo’s tournament-leading fourth and fifth goals moved him level with former Iran striker Ali Daei at 109, while also extending his overall tournament record to 14.
Lukaku scored Belgium's second goal of the night as he shares the golden boot-race lead with Cristiano Ronaldo at three goals apiece.
Cristiano Ronaldo gave Portugal the lead in Munich but Rúben Dias and Raphaël Guerreiro both scored own-goals to put the Germans ahead 2-1 at halftime.
During a press conference ahead of Portugal's match against Hungary, the ace footballer Cristiano Ronaldo put aside two bottles of Coca-Cola and picked up water instead. His gesture left the company with billions of dollars in losses. Grabbing the opportunity, the adhesive brand Fevicol won over the internet with its quirky advertisement.
Other football stars have started imitating Ronaldo's Coca Cola bottle removing gesture with France football star Paul Pogba and most recently Italian match-winner Manuel Locatelli in the list.
Soon after Cristiano Ronaldo's Coca-Cola snub, netizens flooded the internet with hilarious memes and jokes. From Amrita Arora's popular dialogues from Vivaah- 'jal lijie' to The Family Man's 'tere baap ne aaj gazab kar dia,' Twitterati is having a ball.
Little did Cristiano Ronaldo know that his gesture of removing a couple of coke bottles would cause a heavy loss to the company.
Portuguese seemed to be angry with teammate Diogo Jota in the tunnel leading to the ground just before the beginning of the second half.
As per a report by The Daily Star, since the incident Coca-Cola’s stock prices dropped 1.6% as they went from being worth USD 242 billion to USD 238 billion,resulting in a loss of USD 4 billion.
Ronaldo scored his 10th goal at the tournament from the penalty spot in the 87th minute and then added a second in injury time.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner, currently at Juventus, has been heavily linked with his old club Manchester United.
Ronaldo scored in the 44th minute to take his international tally to 104 goals.
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While the famed manager is impressed with England he couldn't help but admire the strength and quality of current world champions France.
Ronaldo scored four goals in the 2018 World Cup and three at Euro 2016. He played less than half an hour in the final against France five years ago because he got injured.
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