👴 Old v young: CR7 makes World Cup history twice over! | OneFootball

After his weak performance in Portugal’s first World Cup match against DR Congo (1-1), Cristiano Ronaldo came under heavy criticism. Even the budget airline “Ryanair” jumped on the bandwagon. 

The accusations from somewhat more serious observers include, among other things, that CR7 no longer gives enough to his team, has long since passed his peak, and is simply too old. 

Whether he really is too old will only become clear in the coming matches. But there is no doubt that the superstar is getting on a bit. 

The 41-year-old Ronaldo is in fact a full 22 years and 183 days older than his direct opponent Bekhruz Karimov, who faces the Seleção with Uzbekistan today. Such a big age gap between two players has never existed in the entire history of the World Cup!

Against the Asians, the five-time World Player of the Year is even making history in two ways at once: with his 24th World Cup appearance, he climbs onto the imaginary podium and is now just one match away from DFB record-holder Lothar Matthäus.

Ronaldo himself, however, is unlikely to care in the slightest about such records. Driven by ambition, the forward wants to finally silence his many critics against Uzbekistan!

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