Surprise. Ronaldo is not the best player in the Portugal-Uzbekistan match.

A new surprise was witnessed at the 2026 World Cup, the hero of which was the captain of the Portuguese team, Cristiano Ronaldo, after the great victory over Uzbekistan.

Ronaldo led Portugal to a 5-0 win over UzbekistanDuring the meeting between them, today, Tuesday, at the Houston Stadium, in the second round of the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

After the huge victory, Ronaldo was awarded the man of the match award by FIFA, but the opinion of the statistical network Sova Score was not.

According to the network, the “Don” did not receive the highest rating in the game, not even second, but finished third despite scoring two goals.

Ronaldo received an (8.5) rating, behind the highest rated Nuno Mendes (8.9) and Bruno Fernandes (8.7).

Ronaldo took 7 shots in the game, including 5 between the posts and the goal, the most for any player in a single match at the current World Cup, tied with Ener Valencia of Ecuador and Jonathan David of Canada.

On the other hand, Madeira Missile suffered from some negative numbers as they missed 3 dangerous chances and went offside twice, which perhaps lowered their ranking in the net.