With the... left started in this year's World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, since stayed at 1-1 with Congolese Democratic Republic Wednesday night (17/6), unable to justify the title of the favourite of the showdown.
The Iberes failed with their appearance against the MVP Mutusami team of Atromitos, but also the former Olympiacos striker, Cedric Bakabu. Of course, all eyes fell upon Al Nasr's 41-year-old star, who, yes, recorded another record, competing in a 6th World Cup, but failed with his presence on the grass.
CR7 now reached the 10 consecutive major events games (Mundial, Euro) without having sent the ball to the nets, having 33 finals, of which 11 to the target. But if one looks at his numbers more... thoroughly, he will notice that the leader of Portugal was not just a shadow of himself, but a marginal and negative protagonist.
In the 90 minutes he played, Cristiano had 25 contacts with the ball (the fewer ever from Portuguese to World Cup), while making a total of 21 passes. 19 of them were successful (90%), but 17 had a recipient towards... back! He won 2 of the 3 aerial duels he gave, but he also lost 3 times the possession of the ball. And he may have had his chances (2), but none of them found a target.
He did not make any dribbles or "key" pass and of course did not have a goal or assist, in an appearance to be mentioned but in the negative sense.
🚨🇵🇹 STAT: Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup performance vs Congo!
• 0 goals
• 0 assists
• 0 shots on target
• 0 dribbles
• 0 key passes
• 25 touches
• 19/21 passes (90%)
• 0/0 ground duels
• 2/3 aerial duels
• 3 Possession loss pic.twitter. com/1fKjXyLmpv— The Touchline | T (@TouchlineX) June 17, 2026
Source: gazzetta. gr