Cristiano Ronaldo, at 33, has answered his critics spectacularly once again after a dull first-half of the season.
Having led his Real Madrid side to the Champions League quarter-finals, he has also made his contributions for the national team.
After scoring two late goals against Egypt and leading Portugal to a 2-1 win in an international friendly, Ronaldo would have been expecting a similar result on Monday against Netherlands. But that wasn’t the case.
Fernando Santos’ side were comprehensively beaten 3-0 after goals from Memphis Depay, Ryan Babel and Virgil van Dijk.
And to make it seem all worse, Ronaldo had a moment to forget, that was, well, kind of embarrassing to say the least.
After creating space from the right, just on the edge of the opposition box, Ronaldo tried to take a shot at goal with his left foot. However, instead of making contact with the ball, CR7 actually hit the turf and went to the ground.
Even worse, he started appealing for a penalty claim. Well, you’ll have to watch it (below) to believe it.
CÒMIC. Portugal perd 0-3 davant Holanda i Cristiano reclama aquesta falta… pic.twitter.com/ed1LpSxVTj
— LaTdP (@LaTdP) March 26, 2018
