At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on Friday, the semi-finals of the European Zone play-offs of the World Preliminary Round, Portugal played against Turkey. In this life and death battle, the Five Shield Legion must win, and C Luo must stand up!
6 goals in 7 games of the World Preliminary Round, C Ronaldo was blown
In the group stage of the World Preliminary Round, Portugal lost 1-2 to Serbia in the last round, failed to win the first place, did not qualify directly, and could only participate in the play-offs. Their signing luck is also not good, the semi-final draw to Turkey, if they reach the final, they have to face the winner of Italy vs North Macedonia.
During the World Preliminary Round, Cristiano Ronaldo made 7 appearances and scored 6 goals, making him the team's top scorer, but 4 of them went to Luxembourg. In the first leg against Serbia, his kill was blown off, and if it were not for that misjudgment, Portugal would have been able to qualify directly to the World Cup finals.
In 2011, he beat Bosnia and Herzegovina twice
The play-offs are equal to the battle of life and death, Portugal is not allowed to lose, and in a desperate situation, it is up to C Ronaldo, because he is not only the national team's historical goalscorer king, but also has saved the Five Shields Army twice in the play-offs.
The first was the 2012 Euro 2012 qualifiers, when Portugal was behind Denmark and did not qualify directly, and the play-offs drew Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Dzeko and Pjanic.
In November 2011, the first leg of the game was played away, and the two teams shook hands 0-0. Back at home in the second leg, Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a direct free kick in the 8th minute, opening the door to victory for Portugal!
Nani moved on to the next city in the 24th minute. And Misimovic scored in the 41st minute, after pulling the score to 1-2, it was C Ronaldo who stood up, burst into the box in the 53rd minute, passed the opposing goalkeeper and then pushed the empty goal with his left foot, 3-1 The overall situation has been decided! In the end, with the president's double score, Portugal won 6-2 and advanced to the European Championship.
2013: Vs. Ibrahimovic, hat-trick 4 goals in 2 games
The second time was the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Portugal lost to Russia, as the second in the group to participate in the play-offs, only to meet Sweden led by Ibrahimovic, the two superstars directly met!
In November 2013, in the first leg of the meeting, Portugal won 1-0 at home, who scored? It is C Ronaldo! In the 82nd minute, Veroso's cross from the left was met by a header that he tipped over the bar and scored.
In the second leg, C Ronaldo entered the penalty area in the 50th minute and pushed his left foot into the net to break the deadlock. However, Ibrahimovic then scored twice and completed the counter-overtaking!
At the crucial moment, it was still the president who stepped forward, and in the 77th minute, he received Almeida's pass into the box and scored with his left foot to score twice! In the 79th minute, Moutinho's diagonal pass, Ronaldo swung past the goalkeeper in the penalty area, and his right foot shot was successful, scoring a hat-trick!
In the end, Portugal won 3-2, defeated Sweden 4-2 on aggregate, and advanced to the World Cup, while 4 goals, all scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic lost 2 goals, willingly accepted the loss.
2022: Two decisive battles, can Ronaldo save the Savior again?
This year's World Preliminary Tournament play-offs are very different from the past. Not an opponent, two rounds of competition, the first loss and a chance to turn over, but from the beginning is a life and death battle, must defeat Turkey, lose directly out, no chance of the World Cup! Winning one game is not enough, there may be Italy waiting in the final.
Obviously, the more difficult it is, the higher the challenge, and the more needed is C Luo. However, the president is 36 years old after all, can we trust him again? Just wait and see!