The FIFA World Cup 2022 got here to a spectacular finish on Sunday final week as Argentina lifted their third title, beating France within the ultimate. In a dramatic match that went to penalty shootout, Argentina defeated the 2018 champions 4-2 (3-3) as Lionel Messi lifted his maiden World Cup title. With the victory, Messi additionally accomplished the set of main worldwide honours with Argentina, having already received the Copa America (South American continental event) title in 2021.
The event, nevertheless, led to failure for Portugal’s legendary ahead Cristiano Ronaldo, whose facet was handed a shocking defeat by Morocco within the quarter-finals. Youssef El-Nesyri scored the one aim of the sport within the forty second minute of the match as Ronaldo began from the bench within the knock-out tie; the 37-year-old ahead got here on early within the second half however did not make a distinction.
At 37, Ronaldo might need made his final World Cup look; and so, the followers took offence at a specific tweet from the official Twitter deal with of the FIFA World Cup, accusing the account of trolling the soccer nice. Within the image, Ronaldo, carrying a Portugal coaching jersey, may very well be seen giving a thumbs up; the image was captioned, “Thumbs up in case you actually loved the #FIFAWorldCup.”
The tweet was deleted following immense backlash from the followers however one Twitter consumer took its screenshot:
Right here have been a number of the replies to the unique tweet:
Earlier, following his exit from the World Cup, Ronaldo posted an extended observe on his official Instagram profile thanking his followers for his or her assist all through the event. The Portugal ahead had been on the centre of controversies over the previous few months; final month, Ronaldo gave an explosive interview to journalist Piers Morgan about his time at Manchester United that led to his departure from the membership, and throughout the World Cup, Ronaldo was benched for the facet’s knock-out stage matches that led to important issues over his relationship with supervisor Fernando Santos.
Ronaldo is at present with no membership and was reported to have skilled at Actual Madrid’s coaching facility merely 4 days after Portugal’s World Cup exit.