Adidas release proof showing Cristiano Ronaldo did NOT touch matchball and Portugal goal is Bruno Fernandes' POR FIFAWorldCup
Cristiano Ronaldo did NOT touch the ball in Portugal’s much disputed first goal against Uruguay, ball manufacturer Adidas has revealed.after appearing to get the faintest of touches to the ball with his head from Bruno Fernandes’ cross, as Portugal opened the scoring against Uruguay on Monday.AdvertisementSubsequent replays were not definitive and Ronaldo was initially credited with the goal, before FIFA later awarded it to his former Manchester United team-mate Fernandes.
Ronaldo has remained adamant that the goal – which would have seen him equal Eusebio’s Portugal record of nine in the World Cup – should have been his andHowever, Adidas has now released a statement saying that the technology inside the ball shows that Ronaldo, who is a Nike athlete, did not in fact touch it.
The Al Rihla ball contains a sensor inside to assist in detecting unclear touches and improve the quality of VAR decisions. To prove the decision to give Fernandes the goal was right, Adidas shared graphics showing how there was no movement in the sensor as it passed Ronaldo’s head. A statement from Adidas read: “In the match between Portugal and Uruguay, using the Connected Ball Technology housed in Adidas’s Al Rihla Official Match Ball, we are able to definitively show no contact on the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo for the opening goal in the game.“No external force on the ball could be measured as shown by the lack of ‘heartbeat’ in our measurements and in the attached graphic.
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