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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his anger after his country’s winning goal against the Serbian team was not counted after the final whistle on Saturday, in the qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In injury time of the match, Ronaldo took advantage of the Serbian goalkeeper’s departure, and scored a controversial goal, after he hit a ball that clearly crossed the goal line, before being taken out by the Serbian defender, but the referee did not. counted. , which enraged the “Madeira missile”, which was heavily intercepted., and received a yellow card.
Cristiano Ronaldo is SMOKING! 😡
The Portugal captain stormed off the field and threw his armband to the ground after being denied a last minute goal against Serbia … 😳pic.twitter.com/eYQX0iKyzK
– Sky Sports (@SkySports) March 27, 2021
After the end of the match, Ronaldo seemed very excited as he started waving his hand as a sign that the referee had killed them and threw the captaincy to the ground.
Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch before the final whistle at the end of the Serbia-Portugal game, and threw away the captain’s armband in frustration. pic.twitter.com/I2i9uwkPhM
– ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 27, 2021
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At the post-match press conference, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos said the referee apologized for the mistake. It was unclear whether the match’s result would be reviewed.
The European champions failed to win match points, after leading in the first half with a double from Liverpool star Diego Jota, with Alexander Mitrovic and Philip Kostic managing to adjust the score for Serbia 2-2.
Portugal leads the first group, which includes Ireland, Serbia, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, and Qatar is in the group where they play preseason matches whose results are not counted in the qualifiers.
Video technology reportedly not applied in qualifiers.
Source: RT
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