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Cristiano Ronaldo Sees An Opportunity To Revival In Al Nassr Club

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Cristiano Ronaldo started fresh with Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia after being expelled first by Manchester United and then by the Portuguese football team. The former Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus player had a tough time this world cup due to his outspoken attitude and diminishing performance.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cristiano Ronaldo signs a big contract with Al Nassr club in Saudi Arabia
• The former Manchester United player will get more than he could make with any other football club
• The contract will end on June 2025

What Is The Value Of the Al Nassr Contract For Cristiano Ronaldo?

The 37-year footballer will earn more than 200m euros for joining the club. He posted a picture of himself holding a blue and yellow shirt with his favored number seven printed on the back after signing the contract with the club. It will take him to June 2025. Those, who don’t know Al Nassr will be surprised to know that the club has won nine Saudi Arabian league titles.

Cristiano Ronaldo said that he couldn’t wait to discover a new football league in a different country after signing the contract. He further said that the vision with which Al Nassr operated was very inspiring, and he was delighted to join his teammates so that together they could help the team achieve greater success.

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What Lies Ahead For Cristiano Ronaldo After Manchester United?

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The controversy around Cristiano Ronaldo is far from over with Ronaldo criticizing Manchester United club and its manager Erik ten Hag in an interview with broadcaster Piers Morgan. In response, the club terminated his contract. Also, he was benched in the latest FIFA knockout match where Portugal beat Switzerland 6-1.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Manchester United has terminated its contract with Cristiano Ronaldo
• Ronaldo was also benched during the FIFA World Cup knockout match
• He could join the Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr

How Did Manchester United Respond To Cristiano Ronaldo’s Criticism?

The club manager Erik ten Hag announced Ronaldo’s expulsion by terminating his contract with the club. The manager called Ronaldo ‘the past’ and also stated that the club was ‘looking at the future.

Ronaldo started his second stint with the club in 2021 and pooled 24 goals in all competitions. Also, he emerged as the third-highest goalscorer in the Golden Boot race with 18 goals in the Premier League. He was the Premier League Team of the year. He also won the club’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award.

Manchester United Respond To Cristiano Ronaldo’s Criticism

But Manchester United failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League despite the stunning performance by Cristiano Ronaldo. The club finished sixth in the competition. But Ronaldo could manage to score only one goal in 10 Premier League appearances during 2022-23 and two goals in the Europa League. When Ten Hag arrived, he replaced Cristiano Ronaldo with Marcus Rashford.

Ronaldo’s performance in the FIFA World Cup was also below average as he scored only one goal in the group stage. Finally, he was benched and replaced with Goncalo Ramos by the Portuguese coach … Read the rest

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Manager Fernando Santos Benched Cristiano Ronaldo For This Reason

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Portugal won its Round of 16 match against Switzerland by a comfortable 6-1 margin and marched into the quarter-finals with flying colors. But all wasn’t well with the winning team. Portuguese manager Fernando Santos sent Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench for the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 game.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cristiano Ronaldo was sent to the bench by his manager Fernando Santos
• Earlier the managers of Juventus and Manchester United had made the similar decision

What Went Wrong Between Portuguese Captain And Manager?

It would have been tough for Fernando Santos to make the big call of dropping Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench in an important knockout match but the decision made no impact on the team’s performance. And it wasn’t the first time that Ronaldo was sent to the bench.

What Football Pundits Have To Say About Ronaldo’s Dropping?

Manager Fernando Santos Benched Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was earlier dropped by Juventus and Manchester United managers. The latest incident was with Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag. It was said that Erik Ten Hag tried to make a move on Ronaldo. The manager tried to establish his authority over Ronaldo.

Neville, who has played alongside Ronaldo for a brief period at Manchester United, said on ITV that was Jeventus manager wrong. Was Manchester United’s manager wrong? Was Portugal’s manager wrong? He blamed Ronaldo’s indifferent attitude towards Santos for the incident.

But the former Manchester United player also tried to defend Ronaldo by saying that Ronaldo’s long-term legacy was set. He called Ronaldo one of the great all-time players. He further said that in the short term, Ronaldo had got to do a lot better. He said that the … Read the rest

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Cristiano Ronaldo Mourns The Death Of His Newborn Son

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Portuguese footballer and Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez broke the sad news of the death of their newborn baby on a social media post.

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• The legendary footballer mourns the death of his newborn twin son
• Cristiano Ronaldo says that the birth of a newborn girl gives them strength
• The Portuguese footballer is a father to 4 our children

What Was The Sad News?

Ronaldo and his long-term partner Rodriguez were expecting twins when the doctors broke the news of the death of their twin son to them. Saddened with the news, they took to social media to update their fans and followers about their grief and ask for privacy at this difficult time.

“It is the greatest pain that any parents can feel. Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness”, wrote the Manchester United footballer.

Manchester United Tweeted

Man U stood firmly behind their player at this tough time. They said Cristiano’s pain is their pain. They also sent love and strength to Ronaldo and his family at the tough time.

Real Madrid Responded

Real Madrid wrote on its web page that the president and the board of directors of the club deeply regret the death of one of the children that their beloved Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Rodriguez were expecting. The club joined the grief of the whole family and wanted to show all their love and affection.

Cristiano Ronaldo Mourns The Death Of His Newborn Son

When Did The Couple Meet?

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Cristiano Ronaldo Became The Top Goal Scorer In European Championship With Portugal Beating Hungry 3-0

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Portugal beat Hungry by 3-0 with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two goals in the final minutes. With these goals, Ronaldo became the highest goal scorer in European Championship finals.

Let’s see the European Championship score card of Cristiano Ronaldo….

France’s Michel Platini was racing ahead with 9 goals but Cristiano Ronaldo equaled his score ahead of Euro 2020. On Tuesday, Ronaldo took a lead of 2 goals while playing against Hungry. With these goals, he became the top goal scorer with 11 goals in Euro 2020.

Cristiano Ronaldo racing to become the top goal scorer of the world….

The second goal of Ronaldo in Portugal vs Hungary match was his 106th international goal and only 3 goals behind the top goal scorer of the world. Presently Iran’s Ali Daei holds the record of highest goals in the world. He has 106 goals to his name. But Ronaldo is inching closer to the world record.

Cristiano Ronaldo was thankful to his team….

The 30-year-old football player said that that was a very difficult game as Hungry was a tough nut to crack. They punctured earlier attempts of Portugal until a breakthrough was achieved in 84th minute when Raphael Guerreiro scored the first goal.

But it was only after Ronaldo’s goals that Portugal safely won the game. And Ronaldo thanked his team for all the support he received during the game. The great player shared the credit of winning and his becoming the top goal scorer with his team.

There was moment of joy for Hungry….

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Portugal’s 3-1 Win Over Luxemburg Made Portuguese Coach Fernando Santos Furious

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Portugal’s 3-1 win over Luxemburg lifted catapulted it to the top of Group A in its World Cup qualifying campaign. With seven points in hand, Portugal now stands at level with Serbia, but Luxemburg has to contend at third position with three points.

But Fernando Santos wasn’t satisfied with his team’s performance….

While the Portuguese team was celebrating their victory, their coach Santos was chiding his boys in the media. He said that they wasted the first 30-minutes playing at a walking pace with no intensity on either pitch. And that he had to ask the players that they won’t win the game on quality alone and they had to add intensity to their game.

Santos warned his boys that if they rely on their quality, any opponent could cause them difficulties. He said that in the second half they won every ball. They played with intensity and suddenly found that Luxemburg was a different team.

What made Fernando Santos furious?

Luxemburg was full of confidence after winning 1-0 at Ireland and it soon took lead over the European Champions when Gerson Rodrigues glanced a header at Portugal on the half-hour mark. But Portugal took more time in even equalizing the score.

The first goal for Portugal came in the second minute of the added time of the first half when Diogo Jota sent the ball into Luxemburg’s goalpost. Cristiano Ronaldo came running with Joao Cancelo to score the second goal in the 50th minute of the game. And the final goal was scored by substitute Joao Palhinha in the 80th minute.

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Credit For Juventus Winning Crotone Goes To Ronaldo

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Juventus beat Crotone with 3-0 home win in a spectacular show of football especially by Cristiano Ronaldo who just missed his hat-trick in the match. Juventus now stands third in the standings in Serie A.

It was the first win in four matches in all competitions for Juventus. It got 45 points that catapulted the team to the third place from the sixth position. Now it is only 8 points behind the leader Inter Milan.

Ronaldo proved his worth in the team

Juventus Winning Crotone Goes To Ronaldo

In the starting, Juventus looked sluggish until Ronaldo charged to meet an Alex Sandro cross that he turned into a goal in the 38th minute to the game. And it was so sudden that Crotone even couldn’t understand what happened. It was a bullet-header straight into the goal.

A hungry Ronaldo looked unstoppable when he again charged for another bullet header in 45th minute, when he turned a failed header of Aaron Ramsey into a goal. At that time, he looked like showing his team how to play football. It was his second goal in the match and 18th in the league. He’s one goal ahead of Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku.

Ronaldo’s achievement

Ronaldo’s achievement

While the 36-year-old Portugal forward couldn’t complete his hat-trick, but he became the second player to score more sides after Zlatan Ibrahimovic since 2000. Crotone was the 78th different team in the Europe’s top five leagues Ronaldo scored against. The third goal was scored by Weston McKennie in the 66th minute. It was his fourth goal in Serie A series.

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Ronaldo Scores 4 To Let Portugal Into Euro 2020 Qualifier

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Portugal beat Lithuania by 5-1 in their Euro 2020 qualifier. The Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo gave the best performance of his life against the European Champions. He scored four goals at the time when the game turned frustrating.

Ronaldo’s superb performance

The 34-year old captain was playing his 161st international match of his football career when he gave a fantastic performance by delivering his eighth hat-trick for his team. It was the 54th remarkable match of his career that escaped Portugal from defeat.

What Portuguese coach said about Ronaldo?

Portugal coach Fernando Santos said that Ronaldo was the best player in the world and that it was proved beyond doubt. The coach seemed very happy and impressed from the performance of the captain.

Highlights of the match

• Portugal with 8 points became second in Group B
• It is 5 points behind Ukraine
• Lithuania is down with 1 point after the defeat
• Lithuania goalkeeper Ernestas Setkus gave an excellent performance

Turning point in the game

Lithuania team gave striking performance in the beginning and the match seemed to be going against Portugal. At one time, the Portuguese team became frustrated until their captain Ronaldo charged and changed the game with his superb performance.

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