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1 hour ago
Bruno Fernandes and Breel Embolo: the figures of Portugal and Switzerland, face to face
Beyond the poster of Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal and the history of Xherdan Shaqiri in Switzerland, the figures of the first phase of the two teams are Bruno Fernandes and the young Breel Embolo.
Look at the statistics of the two footballers so far in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
1 hour ago
This is how Portugal and Switzerland reach the round of 16
Portugal and Switzerland close the round of 16 and seek a place among the top 8 of the World Cup in Qatar.
The Portuguese, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, had a good group stage that was somewhat overshadowed by the defeat against South Korea, which allowed the Asians to advance to the knockout phase, in which they were eliminated by Brazil.
Two wins in the first two games meant that the team led by Fernando Carlos qualified for the last day, which allowed the coach to rest some players.
In their three games, Portugal scored 6 goals and conceded 4. Bruno Fernandes is the team's top scorer with 2 goals, while Cristiano Ronaldo, João Félix, Rafael Leão and Ricardo Horta scored one each.
Switzerland, meanwhile, showed a good level in Group G, in which they finished second to Brazil, and came just one goal away from taking first place.
He scored 4 goals and conceded 3. Breel Embolo is the top scorer with 2 goals, while Remo Freuler and Xherdan Shaqiri scored one each.
1 hour ago
Cristiano Ronaldo makes history as the first footballer to score goals in five World Cups
Cristiano Ronaldo established himself on Thursday as the first male soccer player in history to have scored goals in five different World Cups by taking a penalty in Portugal's 3-2 victory against Ghana.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has scored goals in the previous four editions of the World Cup and now has eight goals to his name at the World Cups, after scoring the 65th minute penalty.
This is welcome news for Ronaldo, in the midst of a week in which Manchester United announced that the two parties had agreed to terminate the striker's contract with immediate effect, after he gave an explosive television interview.
Read more here.
3 hours ago
Cristiano Ronaldo's numbers with Portugal
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for the Portugal team, of which he is captain, in 2003. Since then he has played 17 World Cup matches and scored 7 goals, but has failed to win a World Cup: a fourth place was best result achieved by the Portuguese in the last 20 years.
Cristiano Ronaldo's palmares seems to have no point of comparison: he won the Ballon d'Or five times, the Champions League five times, he also lifted the Club World Cup four times, in addition to seven league titles in three countries, according to the statistics of the specialized site. Transfermarkt.es.
He has been crowned soccer player of the year 10 times between 2007 and 2018.
However, his outlook with the Portuguese team is different.
Look at all the numbers of the Portuguese star in this note.
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