Cristiano Ronaldo incredibly predicted his record-breaking heroics vs Ireland in 88th minute chat with Portugal bench
PORTUGAL star Danilo has revealed how Cristiano Ronaldo predicted he would break the international goalscoring record against Ireland. The odds were against the Manchester United star with him needing to scoring twice in a matter of minutes. To make things worse Portugal had struggled in the match with Ireland leading 2-1. Yet Ronaldo’s belief was […]
PORTUGAL star Danilo has revealed how Cristiano Ronaldo predicted he would break the international goalscoring record against Ireland.
The odds were against the Manchester United star with him needing to scoring twice in a matter of minutes.
To make things worse Portugal had struggled in the match with Ireland leading 2-1.
Yet Ronaldo’s belief was unwavering and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Danilo has shared what CR7 said moments before he created history.
Danilo said in an interview with Ouest France: “Two minutes from the end, he came for a drink by the bench and said to us: “Don’t worry. We will win.
“I heard what he said and looked at the stadium screen, it was the 88th minute.
“I thought: ‘What?’ Well, I didn’t say anything, but… in the end, we won 2-1. He scored two goals, in the 89th and 96th minutes…”
Ronaldo’s double were his 110th and 111th goals in international football, breaking Iran star Ali Daei’s record of 109.
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After achieving the feat the superstar whipped off his shirt in trademark fashion, holding his iconic No7 jersey aloft.
After the full-time whistle Ronaldo took away both match balls he scored as an extra trophy.
The striker has since extended the goalscoring record with four more strikes for Portugal, including a world-record tenth international hat-trick against Luxembourg in October.
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