Ronaldo

Portugal's star striker and captain Cristiano Ronaldo has made history. He became the first player in the world to score in five FIFA World Cup seasons. This is a record that even giants like Lionel Messi, Maradona and Pele have not achieved. Ronaldo has previously scored goals in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was Ronaldo's 18th FIFA World Cup match and his eighth goal in all World Cups combined.

Ronaldo became the youngest and oldest goalscorer for his country at the FIFA World Cup. That means he became the youngest goal scorer for Portugal in the FIFA World Cup and now the oldest goal scorer after scoring against Ghana. He is the third player in the world to do so. Before this, Croatia's Avisa Olech and Denmark's Michael Laudrup have done it.

Ronaldo has scored 13 goals in 14 matches in major tournaments ie FIFA World Cup and European Cup combined. In addition, he also became the first player in the world to score penalty goals in three separate World Cups.

In fact, in the 65th minute of the match, Ronaldo was brought down and fouled by Sileso inside the Ghanaian box. On this, the referee offered a penalty to Portugal. The Portugal captain made history by scoring a goal. It was his 118th international goal. He is number one in terms of international goals.