Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 rout of Uzbekistan on June 23 in Houston, and he couldn’t hold back: he looked straight into the cameras and shouted “I’m back”. He had gone 10 matches without a goal in major tournaments since Qatar 2022, and at 41 years old he had just become the oldest player to score a brace at a World Cup. It was his moment. 🔥
But Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who follows every match from the Fox Sports studio alongside Thierry Henry, had a different take. With his most impassive expression, he delivered the line: “I thought he had never left. I don’t know why he says he came back”. The studio erupted. 😂
But that wasn’t all, as Zlatan also said it was the ideal match for Cristiano’s conditions: “It was a tailor-made match for him to score a lot of goals”