He had the clearest chance of the match with a shot from more than 30 meters off the post
The Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, still far from the goal with the selection Lusa and joined a new party of tension and frustration at not scoring after 16 months without seeing the national team door. The Portuguese winger, very focused and with eyes closed while the anthem sounded Luso before the game against Ivory Coast in Port Elizabeth, failed to score in every phase of bench giving thanks for this fantastic shot found its target not by a few centimeters.
The Portuguese captain was fully involved in the match and the tension was so high that, after receiving an entry Ivorian defender Demel, faced him, costing him a yellow. Christian had a hard during the first half. After seeing his shot went to the post, sought and found a way to penetrate Ivorian territory without finding a valid way classification and penalty only in a friendly against Finland in February 2009, scored the only goal since coach Carlos Queiroz is.
Is aware that the only way is to try brand, albeit from a distance and in the 11th minute, more than 30 feet away, tried his luck with your right leg and the ball struck violently in the bottom right of the goal of Barry. Seeing the shot of the Real Madrid striker, Didier Drogba crossed himself in achieve.
Throughout the match, Cristiano Ronaldo was serious, focused, hanging on every detail that could give the advantage enough to throw any of his legs to put the ball into the goal from Ivory Coast. The Real Madrid star seeks his twenty-third goal for the Portuguese and, although he says he is not concerned, his gestures in the field say that the winner does not like being born with wet gunpowder for almost year and a half .