TPO - For the first time in his career, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score in the group stage of major international tournaments (World Cup and EURO).
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Ronaldo showed his attitude in the loss to Georgia |
Cristiano Ronaldo holds a series of impressive records at EURO. However, the 39-year-old Portuguese striker has just had to "taste the bitter fruit" in this year's final round when he failed to score in all 3 matches in the group stage.
Portugal were drawn in a relatively easy group with Türkiye, the Czech Republic and Georgia, and fans expected Ronaldo to break a series of goalscoring records in Germany, especially since the striker was guaranteed a starting spot by coach Roberto Martinez. However, Ronaldo has failed to find the net despite starting all three of the last three matches.
The only mark Ronaldo left was the assist for Bruno Fernandes to score the winning goal in the 3-0 victory over Türkiye. This was also the situation where CR7 had the clearest chance to score when facing the opposing goalkeeper and had a lot of time and space to adjust the ball, but he decided to pass the ball to his teammate to score.
According to statistics, Ronaldo has had 12 shots at EURO 2024, the most in the tournament, including 5 shots on target and reaching an expected goal of 1.54 but did not score. This is also the first time in his career that Ronaldo has failed to score in the group stage of a major international tournament (World Cup and EURO).
Ronaldo's first major tournament was EURO 2004 in his home country. Since then, the striker has played in every single tournament and scored consistently in the group stages of 10 consecutive major tournaments.
This is probably also the reason why Ronaldo was upset when he was substituted early in the 66th minute of the match against Georgia. The 39-year-old striker did not show his attitude towards coach Roberto Martinez but kicked a water bottle on the way to the technical bench.
Source: https://tienphong.vn/ronaldo-lan-dau-tit-ngoi-o-vong-bang-giai-dau-lon-post1649887.tpo
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