Cristiano Ronaldo is making Russia 2018 his World Cup, with a new-look goatee in battle to be the ‘GOAT’
Portugal boss Fernando Santos says Ronaldo is ageing like a ‘port wine’ as the 33-year-old scores his fourth goal of the tournament to see off Morocco
Cristiano Ronaldo walked out for the warm-up at the sun-splashed Luzhniki Stadium with diamonds affixed to each ear lobe and a new goatee sprouting from his chin – like a goat, get it? Greatest of All Time. He sparkled, even before the opening whistle of Portugal’s World Cup match against Morocco. And then he validated his flashy look with another glittering goal.
Gems removed, Ronaldo headed in Joao Moutinho’s cross after Bernardo Silva’s short corner kick in the fourth minute to become the career international scoring leader among European players, and followed with one of his look-at-me-me-me celebratory runs.
Ronaldo’s tournament-high fourth goal secured a 1-0 win over a tenacious Moroccan team on Wednesday, putting the European champions in a good position to progress to the World Cup’s knockout rounds.
Prolific scorer, pretty boy. Acrobat, diver. Winner, whiner.
A goatee and goals are turning this into Ronaldo’s World Cup at 33, past the age considered a football player’s prime,