The 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo was anxious to lose! After his elbow turned red, he clapped and taunted the referee. When he left the field, he pointed his nose and cursed the opponent s coach.

In a focus match in the fifth round of Group F of the European World Cup qualifiers that ended on November 14, Portugal lost an upset 0-2 to Ireland in an away game and missed the opportunity to qualify one round in advance.

In this game, the 40-year-old Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the second half for deliberately elbowing him red. He also gave a thumbs up to taunt the referee and quarreled with the opponent's coach. It can be said that he lost both the game and the opponent.

This scene happened in the 63rd minute of the game. When Cristiano Ronaldo was fighting for a spot in the penalty area during an attack, he was dissatisfied with his opponent's defensive actions and deliberately elbowed his opponent in retaliation. After watching the VAR replay, the referee chose to withdraw the yellow card and directly sent Ronaldo off with a red card.

It can be said that Ronaldo's red card is not too controversial. But Ronaldo was a little out of control. When he left the field, he still refused to give in. He curled his lips with a funny expression and gave a thumbs up to mock the referee's penalty. Ronaldo's move was booed by Irish fans, who responded by imitating his "crybaby" gesture.

Later, when Ronaldo left the field, he had a heated exchange with the Irish coach. Ronaldo pointed at the nose of the Irish coach and said something. Apparently he lost control of his emotions. In the end, he was persuaded by Portuguese assistant coach Carvalho and teammate Ruben Dias to come back. After applauding to the stands, Ronaldo left the field sadly.

According to post-match statistics, Ronaldo had only 1 shot on target out of 5 in this campaign, and had 0 successes in 3 confrontations. He was completely blocked by Irish defenders. Cristiano Ronaldo did not succeed once in this game and only scored a low score of 6.6 points.

This is the first red card in Cristiano Ronaldo's national team career, but because of this red card, he will miss the final game of the next round of World Cup preliminaries. Since Ronaldo has personally confirmed that the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be the last World Cup in his career, this also means that Ronaldo's World Cup qualifying career is basically certain to end early.