Ronaldo made his World Cup make a big appearance in 2006 - at 21 years old - when the competition was held in Germany and he framed a urgent piece of Luiz Felipe Scolari's group close by any semblance of Luis Figo, Simao, Deco and Pauleta.
At that point, Ronaldo was solidly settled as a standout amongst the most energizing youthful players on the planet, positively influencing the Premier League with Manchester United, and the 2006 World Cup was another progression on his voyage to the highest point of the diversion. Wearing the number 17 pullover because of the position of Portugal's number 7 Figo, Ronaldo played in six diversions as his nation achieved the semi-finals, eventually completing fourth.
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Wayne Rooney England World Cup 2006
His first since forever amusement at a World Cup came in the 1-0 aggregate stage prevail upon Angola in Cologne and it was an unremarkable showcase as he got a yellow card before being taken off after the hour check. Ronaldo's first objective at the competition came in the second amusement against Iran as he scored a punishment - venturing up to the stamp in front of Figo - in a 2-0 win in Frankfurt.
Scolari selected to rest the Man United forward in the last gathering diversion against Mexico, which Portugal won 2-1, however he was back in the beginning XI for the last-16 conflict against the Netherlands. Tragically for Ronaldo, in any case, his contribution in that amusement - later named 'The Battle of Nuremburg' - was stopped as he was constrained off with damage after a neglectful test from Khalid Boulahrouz on the 34th moment. The Selecao clutched win in Ronaldo's nonappearance, beating the Oranje 1-0 to set up a quarter-last conflict against England.
The diversion against the Three Lions was a rough undertaking and Ronaldo progressed toward becoming 'open foe number one' for his job in the death of Sven Goran Eriksson's side. Not exclusively was the Man United man to the fore in the occasions that prompted the sending off of his club-mate Wayne Rooney, who had stepped Ricardo Carvalho, he at that point proceeded to score the triumphant spot-kick in the punishment shootout.
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal World Cup 2006
"[Rooney] wasn't irate with me," Ronaldo demanded a short time later. "What's more, also, he instructed me to totally overlook what the English press has stated, that all they needed was to make disarray, however we are as of now used to that."
In the wake of beating England, Portugal were combined with France in the semi-last and that ended up being the finish of their World Cup trusts as Zinedine Zidane's punishment in the 33rd moment gave Les Bleus the triumph. As losing semi-finalists they were subsequntly written in for the third-put play-off against competition has Germany, however they were well beaten by Jugen Klinsmann's side, who won 3-1.
Ronaldo was outstandingly sneered by segments of the group amid the diversion in Stuttgart, as he had been in the amusement against France, something he has turned out to be familiar with in the years that have pursued.
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