Fans react as Cristiano Ronaldo gets booked for dissent in Portugal’s Euro 2024 clash.
Cristiano Ronaldo received his first booking of Euro 2024 during Portugal’s group stage clash against Georgia. The match took place at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Wednesday, June 26.
Georgia opened the scoring after just two minutes through winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from an assist by Georges Mikautadze.
WIth Portugal trying to get an equalizer, their captain was shown a yellow card for dissent in the 28th minute after he reacted to the referee’s decision to not award him a penalty for a possible shirt-pull.
Fans took social media to criticize Ronaldo’s conduct in Portugal’s last Euro 2024 group stage match. Here are some of their reactions on X:
One fan wrote:
“biggest baby in football.”
Another added:
“Bro crying for penalties again.”
“Always complaining,” chimed in another fan.
One account posted:
“All he can do is complain. Can’t play to a decent level anymore.”
Another posted:
“bro complain and cried more than a win, blud wanted a penalty for a fair challenge đȘ”
One user wrote:
“Always begging for fouls đ”
While another said:
“Bro has more yellow cards than goals scored in the tournament. He just have to retire at this point.”
In the second half, Georgia were awarded a penalty for a foul by Antonio Silva on Luka Lochoshvili, which was successfully converted by Mikautadze (57′).
Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted and replaced by Goncalo Ramos in the 66th minute as the Selecao looked to find a way back into the match. However, it ended in a memorable 2-0 win for Georgia and qualification to the Round of 16.
Roberto MartĂnez on Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal’s 2-0 loss against Georgia in Euro 2024
Following Portugal’s 2-0 loss against Georgia in their last group stage match of Euro 2024, head coach Roberto MartĂnez reflected on his team’s performance (via @TheNassrZone on X):
“The result is very bad, we started the match poorly.”
With the end of the Euro 2024 group stage, this marks the first time in his career that Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored a goal in the group stage of a major international tournament.
Portugal, however, still finished top of Group F with six points and are pitted against Slovenia in the Round of 16 on July 1 at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt.
