Not altruism, but a cunning. In the match that closed the entire second day of the Europeans in Germany, the Portugal he defeated with a clear 3 to 0 there Türkiye. The last network was signed by Bruno Fernandes which, with the assistance of Cristiano Ronaldo, he simply had to push the ball into the goal. The famous one number 7 he was praised for thinking of his teammate, when he could have easily scored to increase his tally in this competition. But behind his gesture there is also a hint of his characteristic selfishness: with that passage, in fact, CR7 put his name on yet another record, that of best assistant.
To the minute ’55 of the match Ronaldo started in a regular position with the opposing defense very high and, thanks to a pass from a teammate, found himself comfortably in front of the Turkish goalkeeper Bayindir. Instead of scoring a goal, he preferred to serve Bruno Fernandes who had accompanied him on the run, who he fed into the net door wide open. At the end of the match, among many, also the coach Roberto Martinez he didn’t hold back his compliments for CR7’s altruism: “A player like him who finds himself in front of the goalkeeper and instead of scoring provides an assist for a teammate, is a great example. It should be shown in all academies of Portugal”. All good, but the passage allowed him (comfortably) to go up to 8 assists achieved at the European Championships and at first place (shared) of this ranking.
Ronaldo thus joined the former Czech footballer Karel Poborskywhich managed to reach that quota in 14 games. Below them are located Cesc Fàbregas, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben, Luis Figo, Eden Hazard And David Beckham with 5 assists. The Portuguese star will try to break away alone in this ranking in the next matches, after having already done so in the goals ranking (14, against Michel Platini’s 9 in second). Every record is forever.
