The worst record ever in his professional football career when he did not score in the group stage at EURO 2024.
Ronaldo is in very high form before competing at EURO 2024. The striker born in 1985 is expected to shine and set unprecedented records at Europe’s largest football festival.
However, after 3 matches in the group stage of EURO 2024, Ronaldo did not score any goals. CR7 only had one assist, which was a pass for Bruno Fernandes to score against Türkiye.
EURO 2024 is Ronaldo’s 10th major international tournament with Portugal. In previous tournaments, Ronaldo scored at least 1 goal in the group stage, but in EURO 2024 he could not score. Calculated, CR7 has failed in the last 10 matches in international tournaments.
Although he has not scored a goal at EURO 2024, Ronaldo still made history after the match against Georgia. Specifically, Ronaldo became the first European player to have 50 appearances in the final rounds of international tournaments. Ronaldo currently has 210 appearances for Portugal.
Ronaldo and Portugal won tickets to the 1/8 round of EURO 2024 at the top of Group F. The opponent of the EURO 2016 champion in the 1/8 round is Slovenia. This match takes place at 2:00 a.m. on July 2.
Receiving an unexpected goal, Portugal rushed forward to attack in search of an equalizing goal. Although overwhelming in strength, Portugal was ungainly in the final finishing stages. In the 16th minute, Ronaldo took a free kick from a distance of 30 meters, goalkeeper Mamardashvili had a hard time blocking it.
Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring early, helping Georgia open the opportunity to continue to the 1/8 round. Photo: Reuters
The next few minutes saw the Portuguese attackers taking turns bombarding the Georgian goal , but the goal to equalize the score had not yet come. In the 35th minute, from a smart poke by his teammate, Ronaldo escaped and fired a powerful shot in the penalty area, unfortunately the Georgian defender rushed to block it.
In the second half, the game was still completely tilted towards Portugal. Right at the beginning of the second half, Ronaldo once again shook the Georgian goal after his shot in the penalty area hit defender Gvelesiani’s foot and sent the ball over the bar.
In the 54th minute, goalkeeper Mamardashvil once again discouraged the Portuguese strikers by flying to save beautifully from Dalot’s shot.
After many situations that threatened the opponent’s goal, Georgia responded firmly with a quick counterattack, which also helped Georgia double the gap. In the 55th minute, Antonio Silva fouled Lochoshvili in the penalty area. After consulting VAR, the referee gave Georgia a penalty kick. On the penalty spot, Mikautadze easily defeated goalkeeper Costa, the score was 2-0 in favor of Georgia.
Receiving two goals, coach Roberto Martinez still decided to take Ronaldo off the field, replacing striker Goncalo Ramos. Ronaldo seemed very frustrated when he retired because his team was losing and he had not scored any goals at Euro 2024. Although the tactics had changed, Portugal was still powerless in finding a goal to shorten the score. number.
Even if Georgia had been more precise with their shots, Costa’s net would have vibrated a third time. In the 71st minute, from a quick counterattack, Chakvetadze accelerated and fired a powerful shot. Unfortunately, the ball went too high for him. goal.
In the 85th minute, Georgia continued to leave an impression with a quick counterattack. Mikautadze broke through on the left wing and passed the ball to Davitashvili to finish. Unfortunately, the ball went wide of the post.
At the end of the match, Portugal lost 0-2 to Georgia. In the remaining match of Group F, Türkiye won 2-1 against the Czech Republic. With this result, Portugal still tops Group F with 6 points, the same point as Türkiye but with better difference. 2 teams won official tickets to continue. Georgia with 4 points also got a ticket, while Czech got eliminated with 1 point.