Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi situation to impress fifth FIFA World Cup time out to Qatar later this year
Lionel Messi is additionally preparing to play in his fifth World Cup finals as Argentina maintain additionally qualified for Qatar. Cristiano Ronaldo has fond memories of Porto’s Dragao Stadium and Tuesday’s World Cup playoff assume joins the checklist.
Portugal’s Crisitiano Ronaldo (centre) celebrates after defeating North Macedonia within the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier. (Photograph: Reuters)
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was tireless in his team’s 2-0 assume against wide-killers North Macedonia on Tuesday, rising one in all Bruno Fernandes’ two targets in a 2-0 assume that gave them a region at this year’s World Cup finals in Qatar. The 37-year-outmoded forward is situation to affix a make a choice group of players who maintain made it to five World Cup tournaments in their careers – Germany’s Lothar Matthaus, Mexico’s Rafa Marquez and Antonio Carbajal and Italy’s Gianluigi Buffon.
Lionel Messi is additionally preparing to play in his fifth World Cup finals as Argentina maintain additionally qualified for Qatar. Ronaldo has fond memories of Porto’s Dragao Stadium and Tuesday’s World Cup playoff assume joins the checklist.
It was there that he scored his first ever map for Portugal within the 2004 European Championship opening sport against Greece. Five years later Ronaldo netted the first map honoured by the FIFA Puskas Award given to the season’s easiest effort – a protracted-fluctuate strike for Manchester United against Porto within the Champions League that secured a region within the semi-finals.
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Extra lately, within the 2019 UEFA International locations League semi-ultimate against Switzerland, Ronaldo shone again at the Dragao by scoring a hat-trick to handbook Portugal to the closing against the Netherlands, which they obtained to compile him one other trophy.
“Intention finished, we’re at the Qatar World Cup,” Ronaldo stated on Instagram. “We’re in our rightful region! Thanks to your complete Portuguese folk for the tireless enhance! Let’s experience Portugal!”
Ronaldo has performed 17 World Cup matches all the procedure in which thru his profession, having scored seven targets for his nation at the sector’s high international occasion.
He scored four of those targets within the 2018 competition, netting a hat-trick against Spain within the group stage. In total, Portugal maintain obtained six, lost five and drawn six times at the World Cup with Ronaldo within the team.
(With Reuters inputs)
