40-year-old Ronaldo can t believe it: 7 shots and 0 goals, Haaland is far behind in the top scorer list

In the first stage of the World Cup European Qualifiers, a group match began. Portugal faced Ireland at home. Portugal won their first two group matches, first sweeping Armenia 5-0 and then narrowly defeating Hungary 3-2. This time, Portugal faced Ireland, which was at the bottom of the group. The last time the two sides met was in a friendly match in 2024, when Portugal won 3-0. This time, I didn't expect Portugal to play so hard. It wasn't until the last minute that they completed the winning goal and narrowly defeated Ireland 1-0.

Portugal deployed a 4231 formation in this game. Ronaldo is at the front. The attacking combination of Pedro Neto, Bruno Fernandez and Bernardo Silva worked together. Ruben Neves and Vitinha form a double defensive midfielder. The back four of Dalot, Ruben Dias, Gonzalo Inácio and Nuno Mendes started. Diogo Costa serves as the starting goalkeeper. Portugal's starting lineup is worth a total of 520 million euros. The total value of Ireland's starting lineup is only 130 million euros.

Portugal had a chance to score early, but unfortunately Ronaldo's shot hit the post and Bruno Fernandez missed the opportunity when facing an empty goal. After that, Portugal's offensive continued, but the shots were always unable to be converted into goals. Ronaldo, Neves, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandez and others failed to score. Ronaldo had a chance to break the deadlock in the 75th minute, but he missed the penalty kick, which was disappointing. It wasn't until the last minute of stoppage time that Portugal finally scored. Ruben Neves scored a header to help Portugal beat Ireland 1-0.

In this game, Portugal had 70% possession of the ball and shot 30 times, 6 of which were on target, but only scored 1 goal. Ireland only had 2 shots and 0 shots on target. Irish goalkeeper Kelleher performed very well. He made 5 saves, but it was a pity that he failed to save Ruben Neves' header at the last moment.

The 40-year-old Ronaldo played the worst among Portugal's starting players. He took 7 shots, 1 of which was on target, and failed to score. This kind of shooting efficiency makes Ronaldo himself unable to believe it, especially the missed penalty kick is even more disappointing. Ronaldo rarely chose to take a penalty in the middle, but was blocked by the goalkeeper with his foot. He was very helpless. Cristiano Ronaldo played in 3 World Cup qualifying games and scored a total of 3 goals, including 1 penalty kick. In the scorer list, Ronaldo is far behind Haaland. Haaland, who ranks first in the scorer list, has scored 12 goals and has no penalty kicks.