Cristiano Ronaldo has been given the fifth-worst performance rating of the 2022 FIFA World Cup following a disappointing effort in Portugal's 2-1 defeat to South Korea.
Cristiano Ronaldo's performance for Portugal in their 2-1 FIFA World Cup defeat against South Korea received the fifth-worst WhoScored rating for an outfield player in the competition so far.
The former Manchester United centre-forward failed to make any sort of positive impact on the game. He neither ducked nor took the onus to clear a South Korean corner kick in the 27th minute.
As a result, the ball was deflected off Ronaldo's body and directly into the path of Kim Young-gwon. He finished with pinpoint accuracy to cancel off Portugal's fifth-minute goal by Ricardo Horta.
After the ball went into his path following a save by goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, Ronaldo missed a simple header from close range 14 minutes later. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was taken off the field 20 minutes into the second half.
Hwang Hee-chan scored a memorable winning goal in the first minute of stoppage time for the Asian nation. Portugal finished first in the group, while South Korea advanced at the expense of Uruguay, which defeated Ghana 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo's mislead performance was rounded off with a whopping 5.11 rating on WhoScored. So far in the tournament, only four outfielders have received a rating lower than that.
Costa Rica's Francisco Duarte and Oscar Duarte received 4.6 and 5.0 ratings, respectively, in their team's 7-0 loss to Spain. Wales' Ben Davies had a 5.1 rating in his team's 2-0 defeat to England.
Meanwhile, left-back Abdul Rahman Baba received a rating of 4.83 in his team's 3-2 loss against Portugal. On December 6, the 2016 UEFA Euros champions will face Switzerland in the final 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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