Portugal achieved a long-suffering victory against Ghana 3-2, this Thursday in Group H of Qatar-2022, after Cristiano Ronaldo overcame the African resistance to become the first footballer in history to score in five World Cups.
The Portuguese achieved his eighth goal in 18 World Cup matchesafter having scored one in Germany-2006, another in South Africa-2010 and another one in Brazil-2014, with four in Russia-2018, including a hat-trick against Spain.
In a close match, the ‘Seleçao’ found the way to victory with a play in which CR7 He received the ball in the rival area, and then fell in the middle of a struggle that did not seem important. However, the American referee Ismail Elfath determined an infringement and the Portuguese captain did not fail from 11 meters. It was 1-0 after 65 minutes.
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Ghana, Despite everything, he managed to equalize in one of the few approaches in the 73rd minute, through andre ayewreceiving a cross from the left.
But Portugal, who had found it difficult to find the goal, recovered, and scored two more goals, through joao felix (78′) and Raphael Leo (80′), in two counterattacks, precisely when Ghana had gained confidence.
With the match resolved, the African team scored a little more, through Osman Bukari (89′).
The meeting was guessed as a duel between Cristiano Ronaldo, the famous Portuguese striker, with five World Cups behind his back, at 37 years old, and Inaki Williams28, recently ‘signed’ by Ghana, born in Bilbao and who came to play a friendly against Bosnia with the Spanish team.
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