{"id":249812,"date":"2026-06-24T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/cristiano-ronaldo-answers-critics-with-throwback-performance-in-win-over-uzbekistan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:05:40","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-answers-critics-with-throwback-performance-in-win-over-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/cristiano-ronaldo-answers-critics-with-throwback-performance-in-win-over-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo answers critics with throwback performance in win over Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo turned back the clock on Tuesday, silencing doubters in a big way during Portugal&#8217;s 5-0 rout of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or recipient was sensational for Selecao das Quinas, snapping a 10-match goal drought at major tournaments by netting two \u2014 and nearly several more \u2014 as Portugal won its first match at this year&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Cristiano Ronaldo has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/soccer\/topics\/fifa_world_cup\/17265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> breakout in win over Uzbekistan<\/h2>\n<p>It was a throwback effort from Ronaldo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/49138526\/four-years-later-same-debate-portugal-why-ronaldo-starting-2026-fifa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after what ESPN described as a &#8220;limp display&#8221;<\/a> from the 41-year-old in a surprising 1-1 draw with Congo DR in Portugal&#8217;s 2026 World Cup opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo finished that match with three shots (none on target) and wasn&#8217;t responsible for creating chances for others, leading to criticism about his performance and whether he should start moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/soccer\/articles\/cristiano_ronaldo_answers_critics_with_throwback_performance_in_win_over_uzbekistan\/s1_13132_43986542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo turned back the clock on Tuesday, silencing doubters in a big way during Portugal&#8217;s 5-0 rout of Uzbekistan. The five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or recipient was sensational for Selecao das Quinas, snapping a 10-match goal drought at major tournaments by netting two \u2014 and nearly several more \u2014 as Portugal won its first match at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}