RONALDO’S ‘TOTAL GENIUS’ WON HIM A PENALTY, SAYS FIFA GROUP

Cristiano Ronaldo showed “total genius” by winning a controversial penalty in Portugal’s World Cup win overo Ghana, FIFA technical study group member Sunday Olis seh said on Saturday. The veter ran striker went down after a tackle by Mohammed Salis u on Thursday before scoring g the resulting spot-kick to become the first man to ne et at five World Cups. Ghana coach Otto Addo described d the penalty decision as a

“gift” to Ronaldo and said it t was a “really wrong decisio on”. “Maybe the strikers are get tting smarter,” Oliseh said.

En ngland striker Harry Kane (C) heads the ball during the Group B ma atch against United States at the Al Bayt Stadium on Friday. The ma atch ended goalless.