JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't hide his happiness after the Portugal national team was confirmed to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Ronaldo also expressed his passionate joy through his personal social media accounts.
The Portugal national team beat North Macedonia 2-0 in the final of the 2022 World Cup play-offs in the European zone. In the match at the Dragao Stadium, Wednesday 30 March, early that morning, Portugal's victory was contributed by a brace by Bruno Fernandes.
The victory ensured Portugal became one of the countries participating in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. If there were no serious problems, it would be Ronaldo's fifth appearance at the World Cup in his career to date.
"Goal achieved, we are in the Qatar World Cup, we are in the right place! Thank you to all the people of Portugal for your tireless support," Ronaldo said in the caption on the latest photo uploaded on his Instagram account.
Previously, Ronaldo had appeared in the World Cup four times with Portugal. Ronaldo's best achievement was in his debut tournament in the 2006 edition.
At that time Portugal qualified for the semifinals, before finally falling at the hands of France through Zinedine Zidane's single goal.
After the moment to the semifinals at the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo, whose career skyrocketed at club level, was unable to bring Portugal to a higher level in the next edition of the World Cup.
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Because at the 2010 World Cup Ronaldo and Portugal lost in the round of 16. Then at the 2018 World Cup, they were only able to reach the round of 16, even Portugal was eliminated in the group phase at the 2014 World Cup.
At the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo will be supported by talented Portuguese players. Starting from Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Diogo Jota, Joao Cancelo, to Ruben Dias.
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