According to Reddit, Cristiano Ronaldo borrowed Bruno Fernandes’ shoes in the second half of the match against Türkiye. And it was from these shoes that he assisted his teammate to score.
In the second match of Group F of the EURO 2024 finals, Portugal had a 3-0 victory over Türkiye. The scorers for the European Selecao were Bernardo Silva, midfielder Akaydin on the Turkish side and midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
The most notable situation was probably in the third goal. Receiving a pass from the backline, Ronaldo caught the ball, passed the accompanying player and faced goalkeeper Bayindir. But in the face-to-face position, instead of finishing the shot himself, CR7 decided to pass the ball to Bruno Fernandes to cushion the ball into an empty goal.
Fans were surprised by Ronaldo’s decision. Because he always wants to score goals so much that he is sometimes considered selfish. Not to mention, Ronaldo has not scored any goals at EURO this year. However, CR7 still gave the goal to his teammates.
And according to Reddit analysis, the reason may be… shoes. Accordingly, Ronaldo borrowed Bruno Fernandes’ shoes in the second half of the match against Türkiye.
The proof is because the outer part is a boot line called BRUNO while the inner part is ‘MATILDE’ (Bruno’s daughter’s name). Changing shoes means changing your luck. Ronaldo assisted and equaled the record of the player with the most assists in EURO history (8 times) of former Czech Republic player Karel Poborsky.
After the match, Fernandes was full of praise for Ronaldo. “Everyone wants to score, but that is not the most important thing, as shown by my goal,” said the MU midfielder. “Ronaldo is the highest scorer in Portuguese history and could have scored in that situation, but passed to me. This shows how much the victory means to us, more than scoring table”.
Meanwhile, coach Roberto Martinez shared: “Ronaldo is a goalscorer. He lives for goals and even so, with only the goalkeeper in front of him, Ronaldo gave the opportunity to score to Bruno Fernandes. It is an example that needs to be spread in every football academy in Portugal and around the world. Ronaldo’s handling shows that the team is the most important thing.”
For his part, Ronaldo shared his feelings on his personal page about an hour after the final whistle sounded, “Qualified to continue and guaranteed first place in the group. Proud of this team, we are Portugal!”, CR7 wrote.