Ronaldo endures frustrating outing in Portugal’s 1-0 win over Wales | OneFootball

There was plenty of speculation around Cristiano Ronaldo’s future in international football this summer.

Portugal’s World Cup journey ended against Spain in the last-16, and Ronaldo was heavily criticised for his performances.

After saying the summer’s World Cup was his last, many people expected the 41-year-old to announce his retirement from international football.

However, the forward surprised everyone by confirming he will continue playing for Portugal, as he targets 1,000 career goals.

Ronaldo started Thursday’s home win over Wales, but it was a frustrating outing for him.

He failed to add to his tally of 146 international goals, missing several scoring chances.

Al-Nassr teammate Joao Felix delivered the decisive goal midway through the first half.

Felix beat goalkeeper Danny Ward from around 20 yards out with the help of a deflection off Ben Davies.

Ronaldo had the opportunity to double their advantage early in the second half, but sent a volley off target from six yards out.

He finally put the ball into the net just before the hour mark, but the effort was ruled out for offside following a VAR review.

Joao Palhinha replaced Ronaldo after 67 minutes.

The forward will be eager to impress when Portugal travel to Oslo to face Norway on Sunday.