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Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to feature as Portugal begin their World Cup campaign, despite picking up an almost costly red card in qualifying
Cristiano Ronaldo was red-carded against Ireland after an elbow and controversial gestures, complicating Portugal's 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all from Cristiano Ronaldo, he manages to pull another rabbit out of his very, very expensive hat. Unfortunately for Portugal, this time the rabbit was a red card earned in a moment of pure, unadulterated frustration.
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For Portugal’s most important game of the World Cup qualifiers, Cristiano Ronaldo will not be able to play for the Portuguese national team. His red card in the previous match against Ireland resulted in a ban for the match against Armenia today.
