Cristiano Ronaldo came off to a huge ovation just after the hour mark followed by Mbappé and Argentina's World Cup-winning star Messi, who was warmly hugged by countryman Marcelo Gallardo, coaching the combined Saudi Arabian team.
Riyadh is where Ronaldo has decided to base possibly the final years of his storied career after signing a deal worth a reported $200 million a year to join Al Nassr.
Ronaldo, Portugal out of World Cup 2022: Morocco's En-Nesyri scored the 1st goal at the 42nd-minute mark, and after that Portugal just couldn't level it up. They tried. They tried with everything they had, but as they say, it just wasn't supposed to be.
Portugal's star player Ronaldo was seen crying after the game which is moslty his last game at the mega event.
Fernando Santos took the brave call to drop Ronaldo after admitting that he wasn't really happy with the kind of reaction Ronaldo gave on being substituted in Portugal's clash vs South Korea.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Portugal is placed in Group H along with Uruguay, South Korea and Ghana. Ahead of their World Cup match against Ghana, Ronaldo has publicly spoken on the interview with Piers Morgan.
Cristiano Ronaldo played his first World Cup in 2006. He participated in this tournament wearing the number 17 jersey. He scored his first career World Cup goal against Iran by converting a penalty in the 80th minute.
The woman had filed a case in 2018 against the star player Ronaldo claiming that he raped her in Las Vegas in the year 2009.
Dinesh Karthik was asked many questions, but his choices between the legends of Football and Tennis grabbed a lot of eyeballs.
Ronaldo, who missed the 4-0 loss to Liverpool on Tuesday while grieving the death of his newborn son, raised his left arm and pointed to the sky after scoring in the 34th minute.
With the treble against Spurs, Ronaldo has lifted himself on top of FIFA's all-time scorers' list.
Juventus temporarily cut its gap with leader AC Milan to one point in the ongoing Serie A as it enjoyed a 4-0 away victory to Parma.
Neymar has scored 64 goals for Brazil, overtaking country's legendary footballer Ronaldo, who has 62 goals to his name for the national side.
Brazil has over 983,000 coronavirus cases, with over 47,000 deaths due to the pandemic.
Brazilian great Ronaldo won the coveted Ballon d'Or twice in his career - 1997, 2002. Garcia who played alongside Ronaldo at Barcelona shared his experience of observing him closely.
When asked to name his top five current football players, Ronaldo snubbed Juventus talisman.
Capello revealed that Ronaldo's love for parties and alcohol created a big problem for him in the Real Madrid dressing room.
Ronaldo was at the peak of his powers when he suffered from two serious knee injuries during his time at Inter Milan.
Messi has six Ballon d'Or crowns to his name while Ronaldo has five but Mourinho doesn't feel either of the two is the greatest ever to grace the 'beautiful game'.
Ronaldo and Beckham were both part of the famous Real Madrid Galacticos' team between 2003 until 2007.
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