Social Zone: Ronaldo escapes censure for a slap before landing knockout blow

Paul Okey2 September 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo celebration Portugal vs Republic of Ireland Sep21

Portugal and Man Utd striker gets wound up by O’Shea during World Cup qualifier but has the last laugh with a match-winning brace.

SOCCER: Cristiano Ronaldo was at it again on Wednesday night, scoring two late goals as Portugal came from a goal down to beat Republic of Ireland. But should he have even been on the pitch?

Cristiano Ronaldo, penaltı vuruşu öncesi topa dokunan Dara O’Shea’yı tokatladı.? pic.twitter.com/Ld3PkNCn18
— Cez Futbol (@CezFutbol) September 1, 2021

SOCCER: According to Trevor Sinclair and Paul Merson, his legs have gone!

Built different.#MUFC pic.twitter.com/ekreC8JYHE
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 1, 2021

SOCCER: Spare a thought for Gavin Bazunu, relegated to a footnote now.

? HUGE save from 19-year-old Gavin Bazunu to deny @Cristiano!

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— SPORF (@Sporf) September 1, 2021

SOCCER: Decent.

Wow ?

Roman Yaremchuk may have already scored the goal of the week! ??

? Watch World Cup Qualifiers on Sky Sports pic.twitter.com/6InBE6r472
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) September 1, 2021

SOCCER: Former team-mates Philippe Coutinho and Thiago Alcantara still can't get out of the habit of wearing matching jerseys.

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SOCCER: Do you want to see Mario Gotze frying chips? Of course, you do.

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SOCCER: ¿Dónde estás? ¿Dónde estás? ¡Déjanos tenerte!

Total spend of the Premier League's 3 promoted clubs - Watford, Norwich, Brentford - was more in that window than La Liga's top 3 - Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona - combined. In fact if Norwich played in Spain they would have been the biggest spenders in La Liga.
— Tom Allnutt (@TomAllnuttAFP) September 1, 2021