Ronaldo became the first player to score at five World Cups after after converting a penalty in the 3-2 win over Ghana on Thursday night.
The 37-year-old has been in the headlines over the past few weeks following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan, which has resulted in his departure from Manchester United.Fernandes claims his skipper thrives off the criticism and asked the critics to continue. "I think Cristiano likes to work under criticism from everyone," Fernandes said after the game, as per Goal.
"I pray for all of you to keep doing that because it gets the best of himself when you guys do that."“I still share the space with him in the national team and the main thing for me is that Portugal does the best we can in the tournament because if we do it, Cristiano will be happy, I will be happy and everyone in Portugal will be happy for us.”
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