39-year-old Ronaldo's bicycle kick takes Portugal to quarter-finals in the UEFA Nations League
UEFA Nations League: Portugal has defeated Poland 5-1. In this match, 39-year-old Ronaldo also scored a goal with a bicycle kick. With this victory, Ronaldo has become the player who has won the most matches at the international level.
Portugal's star striker football player Cristiano Ronaldo looks is aging fine like wine, he is 39 years old but doesn't look like that. With his bicycle kick in the match against Poland, he made the fans dance by scoring a goal in the UEFA Nations League match. Due to captain Ronaldo's two goals, Portugal defeated Poland 5-1 and entered the quarter-finals of the Nations League.
Portugal performed strongly in front of its home crowd. Ronaldo scored two goals in this match, he scored the 134th goal of his international career on a penalty kick in the 72nd minute and then scored another goal from a bicycle kick in the 87th minute shortly after. Now his total has become 135 goals. Apart from Ronaldo, Rafael Leo scored in the 59th, Bruno Fernandes in the 80th, and Pedro Neto in the 83rd minute.
With this defeat, Poland's hopes of reaching the quarterfinals are over. Reserve player Dominik Marzuk scored the only goal of the match from Poland in the 88th minute, but it was limited to reducing the margin of defeat. This match was very disappointing for Poland. They got some good chances in the first half, but they could not capitalize on those chances.
The match, which was played between Romania and Kosovo in Bucharest, was stopped in injury time and later canceled. In the scuffle between players of both teams, players of Kosovo left the field. The UEFA, which is the supreme body of European football, has not said why the game was stopped midway, but reportedly Kosovo players were angry after hearing pro-Serbian slogans. In the statement, UEFA announced, "The Nations League match between Romania and Kosovo has been called off. Further information will be provided in due time.
With this victory, Spain beat Denmark 2-1, who have confirmed their place in the quarter-finals, thereby further strengthening their position at the top of the league group. In this match, Mikel Oyarzabal scored in the 15th minute and Ayoze Perez scored in the 58th minute for Spain. Apart from Spain and Portugal, France, Italy, and Germany have also made it to the last 8.
