Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebration for qualifying with Portugal to the round of 16 in Qatar 2022 | PHOTO

Cristiano Ronaldo fulfilled the first step with the Portugal team in Qatar 2022: access to the round of 16 of the World Cup. The striker, who was on the pitch at the Icónico de Lusail stadium until the 82nd minute, was one of the most important players in the hard-fought 2-0 victory over Uruguay on the second day of group H.

After the commitment, the captain spoke through his social networks to celebrate the achievement obtained by the cast trained by Fernando Santo. “We are in the round of 16 of the World Cup!”started the 37-year-old footballer, who scored a conquest in the 3-2 win over Ghana.

Immediately afterwards, ‘CR7’ recognized the work of his teammates throughout the 90 minutes and also how difficult it was to beat Uruguay. “Great job team! Against a great opponent, we made our strength and quality count. Let’s go!”said the top scorer in the history of the Lusitanian team.

To close, Cristiano Ronaldo has been motivated with a view to what is to come in the World Cup, whose objective is to lift the coveted trophy for the first time. “We are in the fight and our dream is still alive! Come on Portugal!finished off the free agent, after being left without a club for disassociating himself from Manchester United in the middle of Qatar 2022.

Cristiano Ronaldo or Bruno Fernandes?

In the 54th minute of the match, the Portuguese came together on the flank in a maneuver involving Bernardo Silva and Raphael Guerreiro, before entrusting the ball to Bruno Fernandes. Precisely, the midfielder received the balloon, controlled, advanced from the middle towards the band, turned and executed a launch.

The service of the Manchester United attacker looked for Cristiano Ronaldo, who appeared inside the area as ‘9’. Before his teammate’s pass, number 7 jumped, shook his head, but failed to hit. In any case, the ball went past goalkeeper Sergio Rochet to make it 1-0. After several repetitions, it was determined that Fernandes was the author of the conquest.

When will Portugal play again in Qatar 2022?

On Friday, December 2, Portugal will close the group stage of the World Cup against South Korea. Fernando Santos’ idea is to finish in first place and that will be possible by adding against the Asians, regardless of what happens between Uruguay and Ghana. The duel will begin at 10 in the morning in Peruvian time.