Controversy has arisen after a South Korean footballer insulted Portugal star player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal beat South Korea 2-1 in a league match last Friday. Portugal coach Fernando Santos complained that a South Korean player insulted Ronaldo during a break after 45 minutes of the match. This has raised controversy.
It seems that the South Korean player yelled in anger at Ronaldo to hurry up. During the press conference, Ronaldo said, “I told him (the South Korean player) to keep calm. He has no right to command me.” The issue has sparked controversy.
Netherlands advances after defeating USA: In another pre-quarterfinal match, the Netherlands defeated the USA 3–1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The match was played last night at the Khalifa International Stadium. Dutch team player Memphis Depay scored a goal in the 10th minute of the game. Following this, the team’s Dale Blind scored a goal as the first half was about to end. This left the Netherlands 2-0 up at the break.
American Haji Wright scored a goal in the 76th minute of the 2nd half. However, in the 81st minute of the game, Dutch player Denzil Dumprise scored the 3rd goal for his team. This situation continued until the end and the Netherlands qualified for the quarter-finals by defeating the USA with a score of 3-1.
First Goal in Knock-Out: Apart from playing in his 1,000th match, Messi also scored the first goal for Argentina in the 35th minute. From the free kick opportunity, Messi scored a wonderful goal to give the team the lead.
Lionel Messi, who has played in 5 World Cups, has never scored a goal in the knockout matches. To make up for this shortcoming, Messi has scored for the first time in a knockout competition.
Messi breaks Maradona’s record: Maradona won the World Cup for Argentina in 1986. Maradona played 21 World Cup matches and scored 8 goals. Likewise, Messi was tied with 8 goals. In this case, Messi scored a goal against Australia in yesterday’s game and has now progressed with 9 goals. With this he has broken the record of Maradona.
1000: Star player Lionel Messi has played in his 1000th match and set a new record by playing in yesterday’s match. So far he has played 169 matches for Argentina team, 778 matches for Barcelona team and 53 matches for PSG team.