The Cristiano Ronaldo tribute party hilariously ended in disaster.
The Estádio Municipal de Braga hosting what was intended to be a celebration of the selfish prima donna’s international career.
It had always been about Cristiano Ronaldo rather than the team.
The 41-year-old embarrassingly walked out of the Portugal camp in September after he was told he would not start the in the Nations League away match against Denmark.
Cristiano Ronaldo was given a token £215 fine and 30-day suspension by Portugal.
Fast forward less than two months later and ahead of the reverse fixture with Denmark, he was at it again.
Rather than doing things properly, Cristiano Ronaldo retired from international football via a video he posted on his social media last week. No advance warning given and Portugal coach Jorge Jesus later revealed that Ronaldo would have been picked for these Uefa Nations League games against Denmark and Wales in November.
With his out of the blue announcement, Portugal then quickly made this Saturday night Portugal v Denmark match all about Cristiano Ronaldo.
All of the Portugal players and the mascots walked out wearing a ‘Ronaldo 7’ shirt.
The fans displayed the word ‘Ronaldo’ in the top tier of one of the stands.
The letters ‘GOAT’ on the bottom tier.
A banner that translated as ‘thank you, captain’, plus a similar message appearing on the scoreboard in the seventh minute.
How brilliant it was then that this all ended in disaster.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored a penalty just before half-time, then Rasmus Hojlund scored twice in eight minutes to make it 3-0 with more than half an hour remaining.
With 73 minutes on the clock Newcastle United striker William Osula came off the bench and within a minute had won a free-kick towards the right wing. The resultant free-kick seeing Joachim Andersen head the fourth and the Cristano Ronaldo fan club left in tears as his tribute well and truly had fallen apart.
Osula came close to adding a fifth but unlucky to see his late effort blocked.
Bernardo Silva did get a no consolation goal for Portugal in the third minute of added time but the final 4-1 humiliating scoreline at home, was such a fitting tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo.
This is the November 2026 international schedule for Newcastle United players:
Thursday 12 November
DR Congo 3 Sierra Leone 1
Yoane Wissa volleying home after 189 seconds for a 9th goal in his last 13 internationals, a 3-1 final scoreline in this AFCON qualifying group win.
Ivory Coast 2 Gambia 1
Bazoumana Toure an unused sub for the Ivory Coast in this AFCON qualifying group win.
Guinea 2 Eritrea 1
Ousmane Diabate played the full match in this AFCON qualifying group win.
England 2 Croatia 1
Lewis Hall and Dan Burn voted England’s best two players by the fans as they were excellent in this Nations League win, Rogers and Kane (pen) with the England goals.
Czech Republic 0 Spain 2
Lukas Hornicek an unused sub in this Nations League defeat.
Friday 13 November
Serbia 1 Germany 3
Malick Thiaw with a very good calm and composed performance in this Nations League win, the NUFC defender playing the full match.
France U21s 1 Italy U21s 2
Aladji Bamba coming off the bench in this friendly for the final 11 minutes, with Italy already leading 2-1.
Denmark U21s 0 Netherlands U21s 3
Sean Steur impressing as he helped put the young Dutch side in charge of this two-legged European Championship qualifying play-off, playing the first 78 minutes and providing an assist for the third goal.
Saturday 14 November
Sweden 3 Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
Anthony Elanga impressing in the hour he was on the pitch, a great cross and assist inside five minutes for the opening goal. Amar Dedic playing the full game of this Nations League clash.
Portugal 1 Denmark 4
William Osula helped spoil this Cristiano Ronaldo tribute party as he entered the pitch with 17 minutes to go and the Danes 3-0 up in this Nations League match. Osula winning the free-kick that led to the fourth goal.
Sunday 15 November
Spain v England (Lewis Hall, Dan Burn) Nations League
Croatia v Czech Republic (Lukas Hornicek) Nations League
Monday 16 November
England U21s v France U21s (Aladji Bamba) Friendly
Germany v Netherlands (Malick Thiaw) Nations League
Tuesday 17 November
Netherlands U21s v Denmark U21s (Sean Steur) European Championship Qualifying play-off
Bosnia & Herzegovina v Romania (Amar Dedic) Nations League
Poland v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) Nations League
Denmark v Norway (William Osula) Nations League
Gambia v Ivory Coast (Bazoumana Toure) AFCONQ
Sierra Leone v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) AFCONQ
Eritrea v Guinea (Ousmane Diabate) AFCONQ