Due to accumulating a satisfactory number of penalty cards, Ronaldo is set to face a one-match suspension in the EURO 2024 qualifying rounds
The Portuguese team faced off against Slovakia in their fifth and final qualifying encounter for the Euro 2024 tournament on September 9 at the break of dawn in Vietnam.The solitary goal of the game was scored by Bruno Fernandes in the 43rd minute, and it required a lot of effort and dedication from Ronaldo and his teammates to pull off the 1-0 victory.
Regarding Ronaldo the player, this encounter was not one that was very fruitful for this superstar.In the course of the game’s first 90 minutes, he had a total of 38 touches on the ball, took three shots, but was unable to score any goals.In addition to that, CR7 was shown a yellow card in the 62nd minute for committing a reckless foul on Martin Dubravka, who was the goalkeeper for the home team.
After five matches played for Portugal in the qualifiers for EURO 2024, Ronaldo has now been shown a yellow card a total of three times. Because of this, the superstar, who is 38 years old, will not be allowed to play in the following encounter, which is the first leg match against Luxembourg. The sixth game.
After five matches in the qualifying phase for EURO 2024, Portugal is in first place in Group J with 15 absolute points. This is 5 points more than Slovakia and Luxembourg, who are in second and third place, respectively.The winner of EURO 2016 is projected to breeze through qualification thanks to their significant strength advantage over the other teams in their group.
On the list of players who have scored the most goals in the EURO 2024 Qualifiers up to this point, Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked fourth with 5 goals, on par with Harry Kane (England National Team) and behind Rasmus Hojlund (Denmark National Team). Romelu Lukaku (Belgium National Team) and Scott McTominay (Scotland National Team) have the same 6 goals. Ronaldo has scored 5 goals.