C.Ronaldo reached the “terrible” milestone on the day Portugal won

In the play-off round to win a ticket to attend the finals World Cup 2022 of the European region in the C bracket, both Portugal and Italy are considered bright candidates in this bracket to win the only ticket to Qatar at the end of this year.

However, the Euro 2020 champion Italy made a big surprise when they lost to North Macedonia with a score of 0-1, thereby missing the festival for the second time in a row. football most attractive on the planet.

Meanwhile, Portugal won 3-1 against Turkey, although there were times when teachers and coach Fernado Santos faced many difficulties. Despite taking a two-goal lead in the first half, but Turkey rebounded strongly in the second half when they had a goal to shorten the score as well as receive a penalty to have a chance to equalize 2-2. Unfortunately, Burak Yilmaz was unsuccessful on the 11m mark, causing the home team to receive more goals in the last minute of the match and lose 1-3 in the end.

Thus, the Portuguese team has passed the first challenge, which is Turkey, to meet North Macedonia and fight for the only ticket to Qatar according to its bracket on March 29.

In the match against Turkey, coach Fernando Santos still believed in using C.Ronaldo in the starting line-up despite the previous criticism of the media for Man Utd’s star striker. With the appearance in this match, C.Ronaldo played for Portugal for the 185th time and became the third most capped player in the history of world football.

Currently, C.Ronaldo has surpassed the achievement of Ahmed Hassan, the legend who used to have 184 caps for Egypt. CR7 is only 2 people behind Bader Al Mutawa, a former player with 190 matches for Kuwait and Soh Chin Ann (Malaysia) with 195 matches.

C.Ronaldo made his Portuguese debut in August 2003. Since then, CR7 has joined the “European Selecao” to attend 5 Euros (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020) and 4 World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). In particular, the most memorable memory of C.Ronaldo with Portugal is the Euro 2016 championship.

With 115 goals in the Portuguese shirt, C.Ronaldo is currently the all-time top scorer in men’s football. A brace against the Republic of Ireland in September 2021 in a qualifying round helped the 37-year-old surpass the legendary Ali Daei of Iran, who has held the record for 15 years with 109 goals.

Unfortunately, in the match against Turkey, C.Ronaldo had many successful situations during the 90 minutes of the official game, in which the most notable situation was the shot hit the crossbar in different places. last seconds of overtime. Fortunately for C.Ronaldo, his teammates shone in time to help Portugal beat Turkey on aggregate 3-1.

Immediately after Portugal’s victory, C.Ronaldo shared his joy on his personal Instagram. “Initial success in the goal of winning tickets to the World Cup 2022. However, we must continue to work hard and focus, respect the opponent but always believe in our ability. Cheer up Portugal! Let’s head to Qatar together”C.Ronaldo shared.