ADIDAS BALL TECHNOLOGY has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo did not make contact with the ball for Portugal’s first goal in their World Cup win over Uruguay.
A Bruno Fernandes brace helped the country to a 2-0 victory, which sealed their spot in the last 16.
However, uncertainty surrounded the scorer of the first goal, as television replays could not definitively conclude whether Ronaldo made contact with the ball with his head, or if Fernandes’ cross sailed straight into the next.
Fifa attributed the goal to the Manchester United midfielder.
Adidas, the competition’s official ball supplier, have since confirmed that the 37-year-old did not make contact with the ball.
“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,” read an Adidas statement.
“No external force on the ball could be measured.
“The 500Hz IMU sensor inside the ball allows for a high level of accuracy in the analysis.”
Fernandes had indicated after the contest that he felt Ronaldo was the goal-scorer.
“I don’t think it really matters who scored the goal at this point,” he said.
“The feeling I had at the time was that Cristiano touched the ball. I was passing the ball to him.
“But the important thing was that we won tonight against a very tough opponent.”
Meanwhile, Piers Morgan tweeted Ronaldo had told him that he was the goal-scorer.
Ronaldo confirmed to me that his head touched the ball. Even Bruno agrees. https://t.co/8HfWHjSj6D
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
Portugal will face South Korea in their final game of Group H.
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The Sky commentators really nailed their colours to the mast today trying to come up with every scenario possible in the hope that Russell and Hamilton would reach the chequered flag first.
@Leonard Barry: imagine British media backing British drivers, you’d wanna tune into Ziggo
There was no chance Hamilton wins after the full Safety Car. Even if they left Russell sandwiched in between (which in theory, they should have), Verstappen would have easily cleared both Mercs in two laps top considering how little grip the Mediums had.
Also, Perez is gonna start putting potential RB wins in jeopardy with performances like this weekend. Very poor
@Darren: 100%, max on same tyres as any Mercedes’ and he’s passing them, Hamilton’s a dose
@Darren: Perez should be doing a lot better considering he has got the best equipment and driving for the best team on the grid, I think Redbull would be better off having Ricardo back at the team but I doubt very much that will happen.
@Leonard Barry: if it was horners decision I could see it being a possibility but Helmut wouldn’t allow it as he lost all respect for him when he walked away from the fight to be no1 at RedBull
@Darren: definitely. Toto Wolff was trying to imply Tsunoda’s admittedly ridiculous incident was somehow on purpose. Wow I used to think that guy was cool. Now he has this “everyone’s out to get us”, attitude.
@Andrew Keane: My thoughts on Mercedes are definitely not suitable for this App so I’ll just leave it there..
@Andrew Keane: ya he’s gone as bad as Horner now with the nonsense conspiracies.
Ferrari doing a Ferrari again today. They really need to up their standards. Sainz will be raging!
Season over