Cristiano Ronaldo didn't make any contact with the ball for Portugal's opening goal in their 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Monday, according to technology in the match ball used at the 2022 World Cup.This was confirmed to ESPN by FIFA and Adidas, the ball manufacturers.In the 54th minute, Portugal took the lead, but there was some disagreement over who scored.Bruno Fernandes and Fernando Santos, the team's head coach, were unable to say definitively whether or not Ron...

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo immediately texted broadcaster Piers Morgan from the locker room after his side's 2-0 World Cup win over Uruguay to claim that he did, in fact, touch teammate Bruno Fernandes’ cross to open the scoring.This claim was made by former USA international Alexi Lalas.“The breaking news is that Cristiano Ronaldo did not score despite his claims that it [the ball] did touch him,” Lalas said on Fox Soccer.“I was just with Piers Morgan, and...

Cristiano Ronaldo believes that he did get a touch on the ball for Portugal’s first goal against Uruguay on Monday night and claimed credit in a text message to Piers Morgan after the game.The Portuguese superstar thought he had bagged his second goal of the tournament—and ninth goal in World Cup finals—when he appeared to get the faintest of touches on a cross from Bruno Fernandes midway through the second half.But not a single replay or picture definitively showed...