In the 226th match for the national team, the 40-year-old forward received the first straight red card in his career: his elbow on Dar O’Shea was reviewed and reclassified from a yellow.
Before the match, Ronaldo said that he expects the whistle in Dublin and even hopes for it to take the pressure off his partners. But the match turned out to be a disaster for him: minutes before he was sent off, he made a sarcastic “crying” gesture, and after the red card, he responded with a sarcastic “thumbs up” to an Ireland fan who taunted him.
The forward faces a two-match suspension – against Armenia and at the start of the World Cup, if Portugal qualifies.
Ireland won the match 2-0 thanks to a brace from Troy Perrott, keeping their chances of getting out of Group F alive, while Portugal will play their next matches without their leader.
Source: sport.ua