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Ronaldo’s Portugal Secure World Cup Passage

Admin — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:00:28 +0000

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal have secured their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, after seeing off Switzerland 2-0 to top their qualification group.

After coming off the bench to score his national side’s opening goal in their drab victory over Andorra last Saturday, Ronaldo returned to the starting lineup here. As it turned out, the star had a relatively quiet game, with his influence ultimately not being required on the night.

An own goal from Switzerland’s Johan Djourou broke the deadlock five minutes shy of the break, while Andre Silva headed home early in the second half to secure the victory for the reigning European champions. Despite winning all nine of their qualifying matches prior to this encounter – including a 2-0 reverse in Basel in which Ronaldo was out injured – the Swiss are now consigned to the playoffs on the basis of their opponents’ vastly superior goal difference atop Group B.

For the 32-year-old Cristiano, it guarantees his place in what will most likely be his final World Cup in Russia next summer. While he’s tasted European success with Portugal at Euro 2016, Ronaldo has often been criticised for failing to deliver on the grandest of international stages – he will have one final crack at getting it right in 2018.

Image by Кирилл Венедиктов (soccer.ru) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Pictures : Cristiano Ronaldo vs CSKA (14 March 2012)Champions League

Admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:21:44 +0000

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 2 goals in Real Madrid’s 4-1 victory over CSKA last night at Bernabeu. The other 2 goals were created by Benzema and Higuain. The 3 strikers became very productive this season as they already scored 84 goals combined. And now Real Madrid joins rival Barcelona to the Champions League quarter finals round. The draw will be taken place at Nyon, Switzerland on next Friday, 16 March 2012.

Here are the pictures from the match :

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Euro 2008: Ronaldo on the bench when Portugal lost 0-2

Admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:13 +0000

Portugal who was already qualified for the quarter-finals rested some of their stars, among them Cristiano Ronaldo, when playing against Switzerland yesterday, loosing 0-2.

Despite the loss Portugal won Group A and will now most likely be facing Germany in the quarter-final on Thursday.

What a match to look forward to. Who do you think will win?

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