JAKARTA - Rasmus Hojlund said he did not intend to mock Cristiano Ronaldo after celebrating the famous Portuguese star 'Siu' following his winning goal for Denmark against Portugal in the first leg of the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals in Copenhagen, Friday, March 21, 2025.
At that time, Hojlund came off the bench to score in the 78th minute and gave Denmark a 1-0 win in the first leg.
After scoring, the Manchester United forward ran towards the corner and celebrated, while the celebrating person was famous to witness it.
Ronaldo also responded casually. He had no problem with the celebration and instead was happy that Hojlund did it.
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The Al Nassr player knew that Hojlund had no intention of mocking him. In fact, Ronaldo replied to the celebration in the second leg when he contributed one goal in a 5-2 win in Lisbon.
"That's for my idol. It doesn't mean to mock him or anything like that. He has a huge influence on me and my football career."
"Maybe a bit ambiguous, but scoring goals against him and Portugal, it was incredible. I remember he scored from a free kick in 2011 when I watched the game. Since then I've been a big fan of Cristiano," Hojlund told Danish broadcaster TV2.
Despite that, Hojlund struggled to score for Manchester United this season, the club where Ronaldo won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008.
Another Manchester United player, Christian Eriksen, almost scored in the first leg if his penalty kick in the 24th minute was not pushed over by goalkeeper Diogo Costa.
In fact, the midfielder has converted 12 penalties for Denmark and has not failed since 2016.
Eriksen only really scored in the second leg, Monday, March 24, 2025. However, Denmark's second goal to equalize 2-2 did not help his team qualify for the UEFA Nations League semifinals.
Portugal then scored the third goal to make the aggregate a 3-3 draw until normal time. However, the extra round belonged to Ronaldo and his friends who scored two more goals.
Ronaldo extended his record in the number of international appearances to 219 while increasing the number of his international goals which reached 136.
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