📸 No burden at all! CR7 gets his World Cup goal – team celebrate | OneFootball

What hasn’t the Portuguese national team had to listen to over the past few days? After the disappointing 1-1 draw against DR Congo, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in particular became the target of ridicule and mockery.

The 41-year-old was accused of being a tactical burden on his team. In addition, rumors were doing the rounds that one or two of his teammates would prefer CR7 in a less prominent role.

But the match currently underway against Uzbekistan is presenting us viewers with a completely different picture: after just six minutes, Ronaldo put the favorites ahead early on from a João Cancelo assist.

After that, the striker ran to the Portuguese bench and celebrated there with all of his teammates. So there really can be no talk whatsoever of unrest or even resentment toward CR7...

It likely also helped that Ronaldo passed up a promising free-kick opportunity, which left-back Nuno Mendes converted shortly afterward to make it 2-0.

📸 RONALDO SCHEMIDT - AFP or licensors

Also remarkable: with his goal, the veteran became the first player in World Cup history to get on the scoresheet in a total of six tournaments.

He also became the second-oldest goalscorer in the tournament’s history.

Shortly before the break, Ronaldo even added the 3-0. With ten goals, he is now Portugal’s sole record World Cup scorer!

Things are going pretty well, you could say.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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