VIDEO: Cristiano Ronaldo ‘SLAPS’ Irish player while taking the penalty & before making the World Record
Portugal 2-1 Ireland: It seemed like a night to forget, but no, the history Cristiano Ronaldo appeared Ronaldo appeared and with two goals Portugal beat Ireland 2-1 on Day 4 of the UEFA World Cup Qualifying.
El Bicho is the top scorer at the national level, reaching 111 goals, leaving behind Ali Daei, who held the mark with 109 goals.
Ronaldo Slaps Irish player
Proper definition of Indiscipline and immaturity. Is this your GOAT 🐐? 🤮🤮 pic.twitter.com/Bqcstb8cwV
— LAW 🅴 (@_lawslaw) September 1, 2021
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🐐 Surpreender o planeta, inspirar a pátria, 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝘼𝙍 𝘼 𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙏Ó𝙍𝙄𝘼!
O Recorde do Mundo de Golos por Seleções é de @Cristiano Ronaldo! 🎖🌍 #VamosComTudo pic.twitter.com/6KpwqEDsA1
— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) September 1, 2021
The night was more than set, at home, undefeated and against Ireland who won it, however, the duel was complicated for the Portuguese, since the Manchester United player missed a penalty.
And so the duel began, since at minute 9 there was a foul on Ronaldo that was marked as a penalty. The play was reviewed and confirmed via VAR.
Cristiano was ready to make history and at 15 ‘he made the charge. But did not count on Gavin Bazunu becoming the momentary figure of the match. Since he stopped the shot from CR7’s 11 steps.
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The only 19-year-old goalkeeper then not carried away by the moment and. After the shot he threw himself to his right side to make the save. 19-year-old goalkeeper prevents Cristiano’s historical record by saving him a penalty.
The failure of CR7 cost Portugal a lot. And they went into the break losing as John Egan scored with his head on a set piece to make it 1-0 of the visit.
Ronaldo now top scorer
Need a winning goal in the last minutes?
Hold my ̷b̷e̷e̷r̷ water bottle 😏🚰@Cristiano pic.twitter.com/Wa0xAYKj8t— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) September 1, 2021
In the second half Ronaldo looked and at 60 ‘the Irish goalkeeper beat him, but was unsuccessful. Little by little, time was eating Portugal. At 76 ‘, Cristiano threw a ball to Bernardo Silva. Who made two cuts and sent the ball over the top.
At 87 ‘, Joao Mario crashed the ball in the rear , in the rebound Joao Moutinho tried and his shot was marked as a hand. The ball was taken by Cristiano and at 88 ‘he made a shot that was saved in a great way by the Irish goalkeeper.
Man City loanee Gavin Bazunu SAVES a penalty against Cristiano Ronaldo👏 pic.twitter.com/oNKFz7JFHa
— Man City Talent Watch (@CityTalentWatch) September 1, 2021
It seemed that this was how the match ended, but at 89 ‘there was a center to the area. Cristiano got up and scored with a head to become historic; already in compensation time. At 96 ‘he did the other with the head to leave the 3 points in Portugal.
