“The situation where the sniper Suarez faces off against Ronaldo, the best goalkeeper of all time”
The smell of Old El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona
‘The best big bang in Qatar is Ronaldo vs Suarez’. The FIFA selected Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Luis Suárez (Uruguay) from Group H to be the best match made in the Qatar World Cup group stage.
▲ Portugal national football team’s Cristiano Ronaldo looks at the crowd after scoring a goal from a penalty kick in the 31st minute of the Euro 2020 Group F final match against France in Budapest, Hungary on the 24th (Korean time). Ronaldo, who succeeded in scoring the second goal from a penalty kick, was on par with Ali Daei (Iran)’s all-time record of goals (109 goals) in a match.
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FIFA announced on its website on the 4th (Korean time), “After the group draw, we know which icons will clash in the group stage. Among them, we introduce a clash between players that draws attention,” he said, highlighting the match between Ronaldo and Suarez in Group H.
FIFA said: “Ronaldo, one of the greatest scorers in history, will try to show off his skills in Group H. Here, Suarez, the best sniper in Uruguay’s history, throws a challenge.” “Ronaldo played for Real Madrid from 2009 to 2018 and Suarez from 2014 to 2020 for Barcelona. The confrontation between the two will bring back memories of ‘Old El Clasico’.”
Suarez, who made his World Cup debut in South Africa in 2010, has scored a total of seven goals. In the round of 16, he scored three goals in total, including the one in which Lee Chung-yong scored an equalizer by scoring the opening goal and the winning goal alone in the first half and the second half. Esau also scored one goal each against Saudi Arabia and host Russia in the group stage.
▲ Luis Suarez.
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Ronaldo, who made his World Cup debut against Iran in the group stage in Germany in 2006, appeared in 16 more matches and scored 7 goals, just like Suarez. It was his final seventh goal when he led South Africa’s 7-0 group stage win over North Korea in 2010.
On the other hand, FIFA is also in the English Premier League (EPL) Liverpool, Group A Sadio Mane (Senegal) – Virgil Van Dijk (Netherlands), Lionel Messi (Argentini) – Robert Lewandowski (Group C) who fought for the FIFA Ballon d’Or Poland) also predicted that it would be a big bang no less than a match between Ronaldo and Suarez.
Byung-gyu Choi, staff reporter