Algarve Stadium, Portugal /
Cristiano Ronaldo he had on his right leg the goal that would make him the maximum scorer at the level of Selections with 110 goals, however, a goalkeeper just 19 stole his chance when stopping a penalty of at the 15th minute of this Wednesday’s duel between Portugal and Ireland of the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers.
After a foul in the box by Bruno Fernandes, the new Manchester United player took the ball to collect the maximum penalty. Her removed came out powerfully on the right side of the archer Gavin Bazunu, who guessed the trajectory and stopped CR7’s shot.
The striker still tried a counterattack, but the ball was not comfortable and the Irish defense emptied it to end the danger, while El Comandant’s teammates asked the audience for their breath.
Who is Gavin Bazunu?
The Ireland national team goalkeeper is just 19 years old and today he played his own fifth game with the senior team. He belongs to the Manchester City academy and last season defended the shirt of the Portsmouth of the Third Division of England.
He has played for City’s Under-18 and Under-23 teams, a club he came from from the Irish First Division’s Shamrock Rovers academy.
Record of maximum goleador in Selections
Ronaldo missed the opportunity to get to his goal 110 with the shirt of the Selection of Portugal and thus surpass the 109 that the forward Ali Daei registered with the Selection of Iran.