{"id":112742,"date":"2022-11-24T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T18:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=112742"},"modified":"2022-11-24T21:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T18:26:39","slug":"history-maker-ronaldo-fires-portugal-to-3-2-win-over-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/history-maker-ronaldo-fires-portugal-to-3-2-win-over-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"History-maker Ronaldo fires Portugal to 3-2 win over Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Portuguese captain becomes the first man to score in five World Cups during clash against Ghana.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has etched his name into the history books as the first man to score in five World Cups, as he helped Portugal beat Ghana 3-2 in their thrilling opener for Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old\u2019s thumping 61st-minute penalty put Fernando Santos\u2019s side ahead, but their advantage did not last long with Ghana captain Andre Ayew drawing his side level in the 73rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal then made their earlier dominance count, with Joao Felix and Rafael Leao netting to make it 3-1 as the final 10 minutes of normal time approached.<\/p>\n<p>Any hopes they had of a comfortable stroll to victory, however, were undermined by Osman Bukari, who converted to make it 3-2 in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n<p>A tense nine minutes of extra time followed, but the Portuguese clung on to put themselves top of Group H following Uruguay and South Korea\u2019s scoreless draw earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source: aljazeera.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese captain becomes the first man to score in five World Cups during clash against Ghana. 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