Original title: Ronaldo ‘gives way’ Ramos scored a hat-trick on first start
Beijing Youth Daily text/reporter Liu Ailin
Before the round of 16 between Portugal and Switzerland, the media revealed for the first time that Ronaldo was not in the starting list. At the time it was unclear who would replace him, 21-year-old Gonzalo Ramos. But as the game began it gradually dawned on the boy that he had good reason to push Ronaldo to the bench, scoring a hat-trick and assisting a goal in Portugal’s 6-1 win in his first World Cup start. . 8. People can’t help but sigh: Portuguese football talent is indeed emerging in an endless stream.
three group games
70% of fans believe it
Ronaldo is no longer suitable for the starting position
In the group stage, Ronaldo started three matches and scored a penalty in the team’s first match, after which he failed to achieve anything in the next two games. The 37-year-old Portuguese hero is really old, he’s missed some opportunities and hasn’t run as much as the youngsters. After gaining the right to qualify, a survey of fans in Portugal showed that although everyone loves Ronaldo, 70 per cent of those questioned believe he is no longer fit for the starting job and should give the youngsters the opportunity. We are talking about Gonzalo Ramos, born in June 2001 and currently in force at Benfica.
Change decisively
Ramos was elected undisputed
Player of the match
Head coach Fernando Santos also respected public opinion: out of respect for the collective interests of the team, he resolutely decided to start Ramos, who was playing for the first time at the World Cup, and it turned out that this decision was extremely correct. The Portuguese team progressed to the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2006 World Cup and Gonzalo Ramos’ name was also remembered around the world. I’m afraid that from then on, when fans mention the common surname “Ramos” in Spanish and Portuguese, they will know that he is not the Spanish “Master of Water” but the Portuguese star Gonzalo.
Youth is wealth, Ramos runs faster than his older brother and is more proactive in attack. Opposite Swiss international goalkeeper Sommer, who had won several World Cup miracles, Ramos scored three goals in the 17th minute of the first half, 51st and 67th minute of the second half, and scored his first hat-trick since the start of the World Cup . Not Messi, not Ronaldo, not Neymar or Mbappé, it was the 21-year-old Ramos who created this record, and he was incredible in the brutal knockout round. Ramos’ technical stats in this match are that he played 74 minutes, 6 shots and 5 shots on goal, contributed 3 goals and 1 assist, and his pass passing rate was 70%. He had 2 key passes and created 1 scoring opportunity. 2 clearances, except for the success rate that did not meet the standard, were all superclass level, and he was undoubtedly elected the best player in the game.
set a new record
become the world cup
Players who wore caps on their first start
Gonzalo Ramos also inadvertently left many records: he scored three goals in this match, which was the first knockout hat-trick since the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the first in the World Cup knockout match in the history of the Portuguese national team. Two hat-tricks (the last time belonged to 1958, created by the legendary player “Black Panther” Eusebio). This is also the 53rd hat-trick in the history of the World Cup, and the fourth in the history of the Portuguese team at the World Cup (the other three were scored by Eusebio, Pauletta and Ronaldo). Ramos also became another player to cap for the first time in a World Cup after German star Miroslav Klose in 2002. He is also the youngest player (21 years and 169 days) to score a hat-trick since the 1962 World Cup in Chile.
Ramos’ birth at the World Cup made his home club Benfica very happy. The 1.85m tall striker came from the Benfica youth team. In recent years he has shown the potential of a hopeful star. -21, they’re all prime shooters. Ramos has played 21 games for the club this season, scoring 14 goals and 6 assists, in good form. And this hat-trick has undoubtedly increased his value: the last value given by Dezhuan is 24 million euros, and he will certainly continue to rise. It’s a matter of time before he joins the league’s top five giants, and Benfica will also be up for grabs.
In addition to his excellent performance on the pitch, Ramos also showed high emotional intelligence in an interview after the match. The young man was worried about the loss of his older brother Ronaldo and modestly said: “He is a leader, and we are all followers.” But at least in the next knockout match Ramos must start among them, because coach Santos really has no reason to adjust the lineup.
