It took more than 220 encounters with the national team shirt for the Portuguese captain to be sent off. In the Portuguese defeat on Irish soil, CR7 attacked an opposing player and received a straight red card.
After 226 matches for the National Team, Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled for the first time from fiveto the chest. The red cardboard was shown to the captain Portuguese following an aggression in the defeat against Ireland, this Thursday.
In addition to the another bad news for the National Team: Ronaldo will not be present in the final qualifying match for the World Cup, in Sunday, against Armenia.
This is because the sweater seven of the Portuguese team received an expulsion order in the 61st minute, after the refereethe meeting, Glenn Nyberghaving consulted the VAR and found that CR7 threw an elbow on an opponent.
The referee had, in a First moment, the Portuguese international was shown a yellow card, but he ended up changing the decision after consult the images.
The Portuguese left the field of play clapping to a hail of whistles procoming from the Aviva stands Stadium.
Until then, Cristiano Ronaldo had never seen a red card in a National Team game.
There were 225 meetings, 143 goals scored and 32 yellow cards without any red card in the middle.
In a game to forget, the National Team was defeated 2-0, in Dublin, by the Irish team, which featured anpirado Troy Parrottwho scored twice in the match.
The qualification decision was therefore postponed until Sunday, the day on which Portugal faces Armenia, at 2:00 pm, at Estádio do Dragão.
A victory gives direct qualification to Roberto’s team Martínez.
