Cristiano Ronaldo booked for ’embarrassing’ dive for Portugal against minnows Luxembourg as fans turn on Man Utd hero
CRISTIANO RONALDO scored twice in a 6-0 win for Portugal against Luxembourg on Sunday.
But the former Manchester United star was also booked in the crushing victory for what some fans are calling an “embarrassing” dive.
Ronaldo became the highest-capped men’s international player of all time and scored twice in the 4-0 win over Liechtenstein on Thursday.
He also netted another brace in Sunday’s 6-0 victory over Luxembourg.
However, with Portugal already 4-0 up the 38-year-old former Manchester United star was booked for simulation.
The Al-Nassr ace theatrically took a tumble after nutmegging Luxembourg defender Maxime Chanot.
The referee didn’t buy it and duly yellow carded Ronaldo for diving.
Footage of the incident was posted to Twitter, and some fans turned on the forward for his antics.
One blasted: “Embarrassing player.”
Another wrote: “He’s so shameless.”
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A third said: “Why Ronaldo gotta dive like that?”
And a fourth joked: “That’s a masterful dive tbf, 10/10 for execution.”
Ronaldo was then subbed off minutes later for Goncalo Ramos, but not before he had added another two goals to his international tally.
He now has an incredible 122 strikes in 198 games for Portugal.
Ronaldo celebrated his opener against Luxembourg by combining his two trademark celebrations.