The match between the Ukrainian team and the Portuguese guest, in the round of yesterday's qualifying for the Euro 2020 «Euro 2020», scored the legend of Portuguese and international football, Cristiano Ronaldo, his 700 goal in his career, but the game ended with the loss of Ukraine from Ukraine 2 1, what muddied his joy with the record.
Ukraine continued on the Olympic stadium in the capital Kiev, surprise in these qualifiers and decided to qualify officially to the finals, to join the teams of Belgium, Italy, Russia and Poland, which secured their qualification in recent days.
Ronaldo said in a press statement in response to the outcome of the game: «I do not care for records and I am not looking for, but it is looking for me», and continued: «The fact that no one can achieve what I have reached, a product of teamwork with my team and the coaching staff» . Ronaldo said that he would have been more happy if Portugal were to win, especially after the European champions had to win the last two qualifying matches against Lithuania and Luxembourg in order to secure qualification and avoid any surprises, especially since the difference is only a point between Portugal Second, Serbia third, in the second set.
Ukraine have 19 points from seven games, ahead of Portugal (11 points from six games) and Serbia (10 points) from six games in third place. The first two teams qualify for the 10 groups.
Andrei Shevchenko's men opened the scoring early, when Marlos lifted the ball from a corner followed by Sergei Krivetsov header into the goal, saved by goalkeeper Roy Patricio, before paving the way for Roman Yaremchuk, who followed in the net (6).
Andrei Yarmolenko doubled the result after a marvelous pass from the left, from Oleksandr Zychenko of Manchester City, arrived at the player of the West Ham wing and housed in goal (27). The Juventus striker, Ronaldo, tried to take the match on his own, but goalkeeper Andrei Byatov was on the lookout for a first-hand free kick from the left (50), before he brilliantly stopped Ronaldo's rocket from the edge of the penalty area (52).
The winner of the Golden Ball award on five occasions, seeking a penalty obtained by substitute in Rome, after Stepanenko touched the ball with his hand inside the area, which led to his dismissal after receiving the second warning in the game, Ronaldo scored his 700th goal in his professional career with clubs that He played for her and his country, bringing his tally to seven qualifying goals.
Ronaldo almost gave the Seleção a valuable equalizer in stoppage time, but Beatov cleverly saved his header (90 + 2), before Danilo Pereira bounced off the crossbar (90 + 3).
• Portugal lost 2-1 to Ukraine and the European champions must win their last two qualifying matches.