Ronaldo scored on a penalty kick to become the first male player to score in five separate World Cups.
It's the first of what Ronaldo hopes will be many victories in Qatar as he seeks to cap his historic World Cup career with a deep run for Portugal, whose best finish was third in 1966. Ronaldo took the field just two days after he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with Manchester United following an explosive television interview in which he criticized the club and manager Erik ten Hag.
Ronaldo did find the back of the net in the first half, but the goal was waived off after he was whistled for pushing off Ghana's Alexander Djiku. Ghana, the fifth and final African teams to take the field at the 2022 World Cup, was looking to score the country's first goal of the tournament after Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Cameroon all were shut out in their respective openers. Ghana was held without a shot on goal in the first half, managing a pair of corner kicks in the 37th and 38th minutes.
Portugal held possession for 62 percent of the first half, placing seven shots on goal. The two teams played to a scoreless half, the seventh of the tournament and third of the day.
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