The selection of Portugal beat 3-2 that of ghana in stadium 974 Dohaby First date of Group H of World Cup Qatar 2022.
In the plugin, Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a penalty and became the only footballer in history to score goals in five consecutive World Cups; André Ayew temporarily equalized, but in a flurry Joao Felix and Rafael Leão put the team led by Fernando Santos on top against a worthy rival who, with a late goal from Osman Bukari, gave the result suspense, although it did not reach him.
The start showed Ghana somewhat withdrawn and Portugal lateralizing touches with a lot of patience, waiting for the hole through which to prosper in attack.
The speed of Joao Felix, the initiative in the assembly by Bernardo Silva, in addition to a foot to hand of Cristiano Ronaldo before Lawrence Ati What did the African archer win? and a center that the now former Manchester United could not connect well with his head, reflected a better predisposition of the Santos team, but above all CR7’s obsession with dunking.
Thus, with the constant pressure from Portugal, Ghanaians had a hard time control the game and the ball barely reached Iñaki WilliamsAthlétic Bilbao striker who only needed the horse to be a perfect imitation of the Lone Ranger.
The strategy of coach Otto Addo to “iron” the game and not disarm his lines made Portugal nervous, which even so continued to dominate the process, but lacked fairness. In that Cristiano was annulled somewhat because the referee understood that the Portuguese star had committed a previous foul on a defender.
Despite his insistence, the Portuguese ended up running into a wall of white jackets that frustrated each of the few attempts ordered in offensive. Expectant, Ghana hardly outlined danger in a couple of corners throughout the first half in which the Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa was almost a luxury spectator.
in the pluginPortugal was no longer the same, Ghana perked up a bit more and an individual save by Kudus ended with the shot of the 22-year-old midfielder going very close to Costa’s left post, who behind him had the exultant African party that did not stop encouraging their own.
Then CR7 struggled with Salisu and dove within the area to make a penalty that he himself changed a goal. His personal dream of setting a new world record with the consent of the American arbitrator it had been fulfilledand Portugal took the lead.
But Ghana did not go down the arms Y So Kudus He had two arrivals: in the first he found a good response from Costa, but in the second, Faced with the poorly stopped Portuguese defense, he managed to enable Ayew and the captain, in front of the goal, did not forgive.
Ghanaian joy was short-lived, because Carvalho recovered, Cristiano was generous and gave in between the lines to joao felixwho beat Ati.
The Africans accused the coup and Immediately Bruno Fernandes organized a lethal counter that the hospitalized Leão from the left flank He took the opportunity to score the third.
The lawsuit seemed sentenced, but a header from the admitted Bukari ignited the alerts in Portugalwho with some scare at the end was left with the three points.
