World Cup: the goal stolen from Ronaldo? The technique demonstrates who the real scorer is

Portugal’s 1-0 win against Uruguay was a mystery: who scored? The jubilant Ronaldo or Bruno Fernandes giving away the cross?

Lusail – Really? Or not? The question if Cristiano Ronaldo in his Portuguese win against Uruguay at the World Cup in Qatar going 1-0 or less is still hotly debated in the sports world. It was the 54th minute, Bruno Fernandes had the ball on the left and crossed on goal with his right foot. Cristiano Ronaldo jumped, at least that’s for sure, in an inimitable way and tried to head the net. The ball itself eventually landed past Uruguay goalkeeper Rochet into the net, whether touched or not. 1-0 for Portugal, the match finished 2-0 for the European Championships, taking Portugal to the round of 16.

Even the numerous slow-motion shots and numerous cameras in the stadium could not confirm whether Ronaldo touched the ball. Ronaldo himself, however, was sure of it, he cheered exuberantly and, even at the end of the match, when FIFA announced Bruno Fernandes as scorer, he was not dissuaded and indicated with gestures that he had deflected the ball slightly.

World Cup Top Scorers: All top scorers from 1930 to 2018

Sandor Kocsis was the top scorer in the World Cup in 1954. He scored 11 goals for Hungary during the tournament.

In 1958, Just Fontaine was the top scorer in the World Cup with a total of 13 goals for France.

Brazilian Garrincha joins the top scorer list at the 1962 World Cup with 4 goals.

Leonel Sanchez scored 4 goals in the World Cup with Chile in 1962, also becoming top scorer

Hungarian Florian Albert also scored 4 goals in the World Cup, also making him the top scorer in the World Cup in 1962.

Vava (Brazil) became one of the top scorers at the 1962 World Cup with 4 goals.

Valentin Ivanov (USSR) also scored 4 goals during the 1962 World Cup and was also the top scorer.

Drazen Jerkovic was the 6th top scorer in the 1962 World Cup. He scored 4 goals for Yugoslavia.

Portuguese Eusébio was the top scorer at the 1966 World Cup with 9 goals.

In 1970, Gerd Müller was crowned top scorer at the World Cup with 10 goals for Germany.

With 7 goals, Poland’s Grzegorz Lato became the top scorer of the year in 1974.

Mario Kempes was the 1978 World Cup top scorer with 6 goals for Argentina.

Italian Paolo Rossi was the top scorer at the 1982 World Cup with 6 goals.

The top scorer at the 1986 World Cup was the Englishman Gary Lineker, who scored 6 goals.

Italian Salvatore Schillaci was the top scorer in the 1990 World Cup with 6 goals.

Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) was the top scorer at the 1994 World Cup with six goals.

Russian Oleg Salenko was also top scorer at the 1994 World Cup with 6 goals and was awarded the Golden Boot together with Christo Stoichkov.

Davor Suker became the top scorer in the 1998 World Cup. He scored 6 goals for Croatia.

In 2002, the Brazilian Ronaldo became the top scorer in the World Cup. He scored 8 goals during the tournament.

Miroslav Klose was Germany’s top scorer at the 2006 home World Cup with 5 goals.

In 2010, Thomas Müller became another German top scorer. He also scored 5 goals during the tournament.

James Rodríguez was the top scorer in the 2014 World Cup. He scored 6 goals for Colombia.

In 2018, England’s Harry Kane became the top scorer in the World Cup with 6 goals.

Cut Ronaldo? System reveals crosser Fernandes as marker

Now it has become known that Ronaldo wrote a message from the dressing room to the British journalist Piers Morgan, in which he again claimed that he had touched the ball. The British newspaper Daily Mail writes it. Morgan is the television journalist to whom Ronaldo gave the famous interview, after which Manchester United and the Portuguese parted ways.

And the question of the scorer? He should have had an answer by now. The so-called “Connected Ball Technology” is integrated into every tournament ball from the manufacturer Adidas, with the help of which every impulse acting on the ball can be detected. The contacts between the players, the bounce of the ball on the pitch, the system can measure all of this. With Ronaldo’s alleged header, the system measured: nothing.

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And the real scorer? He reacted calmly. “I don’t think it really matters who scored the goal,” said Bruno Fernandes after the match. He had the feeling that Ronaldo touched the ball lightly. “But the only important thing is that we progressed to the next round and beat a very big opponent.” (fmu)