Midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who has played his second World Cup, made his debut this Monday with a 54th-minute opener in the tournament against Uruguay in the second round of Group H of the 2022 World Cup.
In Lusail, a Manchester United player struck at the center from the left, Cristiano Ronaldo in the main position jumped on the ball and did not touch it, but prevented Sergio Roche when the ball entered.
Bruno Fernandes thus became the fourth Portuguese player to score in Qatar after Cristiano Ronaldo, João Felix and Rafael Leão scored in a 3-2 win against Ghana.
Ronaldo scored eight goals in the latter stages, losing only nationally to ‘King’ Eusebio, who has nine goals, all in 1966. place in rank.
As for Portugal, they currently have 53 goals, with Brazil leading the list with 229 (109 matches), followed by Germany with 227 (110) and Argentina with 138 (82).
The Portuguese team did not participate in the first seven World Cups (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962), so it didn’t even take a minute to score a goal in the 1966 debut. Target.
On 13 July 1966 at Old Trafford in Manchester, José Augusto scored the first goal against Hungary, which Portugal won 3-1.
In that first appearance, Eusébio, who had just not won on his debut, scored nine goals, earning him the title of top scorer in the tournament and making him, 56 years later, Portugal’s top scorer in the World Cups.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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