"A sick individual" - 'Shameless' Cristiano Ronaldo gets brutally trolled on Twitter for what he did in Portugal's 2-0 win against Uruguay

Fans have brutally trolled Portugal icon Cristiano Ronaldo after he took credit for Bruno Fernandes' goal in the side's Group H 2-0 win over Uruguay in the FIFA World Cup.

Ronaldo, 37, celebrated what appeared to be his ninth FIFA World Cup goal, therefore equalling Portuguese legend Eusebio’s record from 1966.

Fernandes, 28, curled a delightful ball into the Uruguayan box and into the far corner for Ronaldo to pounce on.

The veteran forward leaped for the ball and appeared to flick it past Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet to give Portugal the lead in the 54th minute.

Fernandes doubled Portugal's lead and his tally for the evening in the 90+3rd minute when referee Alireza Faghani awarded a controversial penalty for handball.

The Manchester United midfielder stepped up and easily slotted home past Rochet.

Selecao das Quinas have confirmed their place in the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup and have done so in impressive fashion.

A 3-2 win over Ghana and a 1-0 win over Uruguay has many perhaps taking notice of Portugal's credentials as potential World Cup winners.

However, much of the post-match talk is surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo trying to take credit for Fernandes' goal.

After the win, he was seen laughing with the United midfielder, but that hasn't stopped supporters from making fun of his celebrations.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo fails to continue goalscoring back-and-forth with Argentina's Lionel Messi at the World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both scored on matchday one of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Messi scored a first-half penalty in Argentina's shock 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia on 22 November.

Ronaldo followed that up with a spot-kick conversion of his own in Portugal's 3-2 win over Ghana on 24 November.

It was on Messi to retake the spotlight on November 26 when he scored an incredible strike in La Albiceleste's vital 2-0 victory over Mexico.

However, Ronaldo could not keep pace with his longtime rival in the win over Uruguay.

The Argentine icon is currently leading in the head-to-head between the two greats.

Both are eager to claim their first FIFA World Cup trophy in what is expected to be their final appearance at the tournament.

The dream scenario would be the duo playing each other in the final on 18 December at the Lusail Stadium.

About the author

Matthew is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who has been covering news, rumors and match reports for close to 3 years. Learning creative writing from University of Essex, he combined his skills and passion for football take up writing for the sport professionally.

Matthew always strives to go beyond a story and offer unique and lesser-known insights, while maintaining an unbiased tone in his articles. His reporting exploits at the company have helped him gain a humungous readership of 25 million, with one of his articles raking in a whopping 724,000 reads.

A Manchester United fan since childhood, Matthew admired Sir Alex Ferguson for his loyalty and brave coaching style. His favorite footballer is Thierry Henry, believing the Frenchman to be uniquely talented and charismatic. An ardent Three Lions fan, England's penalty shootout win over Colombia in 2018 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment of all time, and he believes that Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe will have a Ballon d’Or duopoly after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

He also follows his local EFL League Two clubs AFC Wimbledon and Sutton United, and spends his free time watching and writing about professional wrestling. He also likes to work out, watch movies and go for night outs.

Know More