A life dedicated to the club, not the national team. Brilliant for the club, Meriyaman for the national team! Cristiano Ronaldo often hears these slanders in his own country. However, in a friendly match against Croatia yesterday in Switzerland, CRSeven made the Portuguese happy. His one goal decided the outcome of the match.
After a slow start in the first half, Croatia had a great chance to put the ball in Portugal's goal post in just six minutes. Ličević found Olic standing alone in front of the goal post and sent the ball forward. But Olic failed to finish quickly enough, resulting in the ball being caught by Portuguese goalkeeper Subasic.
After that, Portugal became alert to the attack. Ronaldo kept Croatia busy throughout the midfield. After 18 minutes, Ronaldo's chemistry with Fabio Contrao gave Portugal a goal, but maybe the football goddess didn't want to be so kind.
Ronaldo suddenly got the ball from the defender Silvio in the 36th minute. He eluded the Croatian defenders and scored the only goal of the match with the magic of his left hand and sent the ball into the net through the corner of the goal post.
Croatia's star player Vierinha missed numerous chances throughout the match. They were able to go very close to the goal in the 78th minute. But the stadium of Switzerland disappointed Croatia by returning the ball to the goal.
Everyone was happy with the 1-0 win, but the Portuguese were not. Ronaldo also spoke from his own ground. His goal now only with the World Cup!
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