Revenge Huaguo football, assisting Ronaldo in the World Cup

After the FA Cup match, the Premier League ushered in a small holiday of more than ten days.

However, this small holiday is not for the players to rest, but to allow time for the European Cup qualifiers of the Premier League teams.

In the first round of Group J of the 2024 European Cup qualifiers, the Portuguese team played against Liechtenstein at home.

The Portuguese team is the most popular team to advance to the European preliminaries. The Portuguese team still has a luxurious lineup in this European preliminaries.

The top stars who have played for the Premier League team include Manchester United striker Ronaldo, Newcastle United striker Yuqin, Manchester United midfielder B Fee, and Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva.

In the backcourt, Yuqin just confronted Manchester City's double guards, Diaz and Cancelo.

As for Liechtenstein, who challenged the Portuguese team away, their strength is not outstanding, and the team does not have many powerful star players.

Liechtenstein is currently ranked 198th in the world and has rarely participated in major competitions in recent years.

Now that Liechtenstein's hard power is low, it is very difficult to win. Before the game, the media predicted the winning rate was 3%, and the probability of a draw was 4%.

It can be seen that this game is not challenging for the Portuguese team.

The Liechtenstein team has 15 draw and 1 losses in all competitions in the past 14 games.

Facing this game with disparity in strength, the head coach of the Portuguese team, Santos, had no intention of slacking off, but directly played the main force.

Portugal's lineup: Goalkeeper No. 1 Rui Patricio.

Defenders: No. 13 Danilo Pereira, No. 4 Ruben Dias, No. 14 Inacio, No. 20 Cancelo.

Midfielder: No. 6 Palinha, No. 8 Bruno Fernandez, No. 5 Guerrero Forward: No. 10 Bernardo Silva.

Forward Trident: No. 7 Ronaldo, No. 11 Felix, and No. 9 Yuqin.

Liechtenstein starting lineup (5-3-2), goalkeeper: No. 1 Bichel defender.

后卫：20号桑德罗·沃尔芬格、4号特拉伯、23号霍弗、6号马林、23号迈耶尔。

Midfielders: No. 10 Wiesel, No. 17 Frommelt, No. 18 Hassler.

Forwards: No. 19 Gassner, No. 8 Aaron Celai.

Facing the star-studded Portuguese team, Liechtenstein's lineup can only be described as bleak.

In the 8th minute of the game, Bernardo Silva made a cross from the right, and Liechtenstein goalkeeper Bichel hit the ball.

Yuqin, who was guarding outside the penalty area, hit the ball with a burst shot. Bichel's vision was blocked and the ball leaked into the net!

Portugal 1:0 Liechtenstein!

In the 23rd minute of the game, Ronaldo first missed the chance to score, and then Cancelo received a pass. The visiting team Chitenstein defender Traber made a major mistake. Ronaldo faced the goalkeeper Bichel and kicked the ball directly into the goal!

Portugal 2:0 Liechtenstein!

In the 34th minute of the game, Yuqin took a left corner kick, Bichel made a mistake, and Ronaldo's header went slightly wide.

Liechtenstein escaped.

In the 38th minute of the game, Liechtenstein defender Marin left the field due to injury, and Liechtenstein coach Boric replaced Luchinger.

The two sides ended the game with a score of 2:0 in the first half. After the intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the 47th minute of the game, Cancelo made an inverted triangle pass, Liechtenstein defender Hofer made a clearance not far away, Bernardo Silva followed up with a left-footed volley and broke the net, Portugal led 3-0.

In the 50th minute of the game, Cancelo was kicked down by Hofer in the penalty area. The referee took a penalty kick and Yu Qin hit it.

Portugal 4:0 Liechtenstein!

In the 58th minute of the game, Palinha slanted the penalty area, Felix made a chest ball in an offside position, and Ronaldo's goal was invalid.

In the 61st minute of the game, Aaron Celai fouled Palinha at the front of the penalty area, and the Portuguese team won a direct free kick at the front of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo kicked the pole and blasted the gate guarded by Bichel.

After Yu Qin took the lead in scoring twice with a penalty kick, Ronaldo also scored twice with a shocking free kick.

Portugal 5:0 Liechtenstein!

In the 78th minute of the game, Santos replaced Ronaldo with Gonzalo Ramos and Yuqin with Leo.

After easily establishing the victory, Ronaldo and Yuqin both left the field, and they were greeted with overwhelming applause from the Portuguese fans.

Although this must-win game is not very challenging, it is extremely important to Ronaldo.

The start of the first round of the European preliminaries means that Ronaldo has created another world record.

With 197 appearances, he officially surpassed the Kuwaiti player Almutawa and became the player with the most appearances in the history of the men's national team.

Facing Liechtenstein, who is ranked 198th in the world, even if he wins the opponent by a big victory, there is actually nothing to praise.

However, Ronaldo scored twice with a shocking free kick in the game, which made the fans excited.

According to post-match statistics, Ronaldo played 78 minutes in the first game, scored 6 shots and 3 shots on target, scored 2 goals, and the pass success rate was 75%. The audience score was 8.1 points.

After scoring twice, Ronaldo set a series of records:

First: For the first time in his career, he scored a goal against Liechtenstein;

Second: The national team scored 120 goals;

Third: The total number of career goals reached the 830th goal;

Fourth: Scored the 33rd goal in the European Cup qualifying stage;

Fifth: Scored goals for the Portuguese national team for 20 consecutive years;

Sixth: The national team scored the 100th goal in an official game;

Seventh: Scored the 60th free kick in his career;

Eighth: Become the oldest European player to score 26 goals in a single game of the national team in the past 2 years.

Just like Ronaldo once said: When you copy my past, I have created a new future, not I am chasing records, but records are chasing me.

After the game, Ronaldo was elected the best player in the game. In an interview after the game, he said with a smile:

"It's nice to have people recognize what I've done and when they tell me I'm the best player, it makes me proud."

"I'm really good, but my strongest point is my mentality."

"The numbers don't lie, I've pretty much maintained the same level for almost 15 years."

"The most important thing is to pay, sacrifice, and train hard...you can't succeed by relying on talent alone."

"If you're not giving 100%, you're not going to be at the level you want to be."

"Facing Luxembourg three days later, we will still maintain our form and go all out."