When they asked him about Messi… a surprising reaction from Ronaldo after the Uzbekistan double (video) | sports

The press conference for the match between Portugal and Uzbekistan in the World Cup, on Tuesday, witnessed a remarkable scene involving the Portuguese hero, Cristiano Ronaldo, when he refused to complete a question asked by one of the journalists after the match, as soon as the questioner began pronouncing the name of his Argentine rival, Lionel Messi, saying: “Messi scored two goals,” only for Ronaldo to directly interrupt him and prevent him from completing his question.

This incident reflects the continuation of the historical competition between the two stars. Ronaldo began his World Cup campaign by scoring in Portugal’s second match against Uzbekistan, while Messi succeeded in scoring in the two matches he played so far.

Another clip showed Ronaldo commenting on the possibility of facing Messi and the Argentine national team at an advanced stage in the tournament, saying: “I don’t know what to answer, because it seems a little illogical, but it will certainly be wonderful.”

The Portuguese national team regained its balance in the tournament held in America, Mexico and Canada, after its great victory over Uzbekistan, with a score of (5-0), yesterday, Tuesday, in the second round competitions in Group 11.

The Portuguese national team temporarily raised its score to 4 points at the top of the group, awaiting the result of the next match in the group between Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which will be held on Wednesday morning.

The Portuguese team took the lead in the sixth minute through Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before he scored his second and his team’s third goal in the 39th minute, scoring his tenth goal in the World Cup, becoming the first player in football history to score in 6 different editions of the World Cup.

At the age of 41 years and 138 days, the Portuguese striker became the second oldest player to score in the history of the World Cup, behind Cameroonian Roger Milla.

After he scored, the stands witnessed a loud reaction, while Ronaldo showed gestures of relief, coinciding with the sharp criticism that targeted his performance in the previous match in the tournament.

With this double, Ronaldo surpassed the late star Eusebio to become the all-time top scorer for Portugal in the World Cup, and now ranks tenth in the tournament’s historical rankings with 10 goals in total.

The Uzbekistan match changed Ronaldo’s usual performance in the World Cup, which was characterized by irregularity as he only scored one goal in each edition, with the exception of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, in which he scored 4 goals.

Ronaldo was close to scoring the hat-trick, had it not been for an Uzbek defender who cleared the ball from the goal line, and the match ended with him winning the Best Player of the Match award.

On the other hand, bilateral competition imposes itself on the corridors of the World Cup. Ronaldo and Messi are in a parallel race towards the 1,000-goal mark in their professional careers, with Ronaldo scoring 974 goals, outperforming Messi by a difference of more than 50 goals.

Messi started the tournament by scoring a hat-trick against Algeria and two goals against Austria. Which made him the all-time leading scorer in the World Cup with 18 goals. He also briefly broke the record for the oldest player to score a brace in the tournament at the age of 38 years and 363 days, before Ronaldo snatched this record from him a few hours later.