While Cristiano Ronaldo makes a fool of himself, Nunez shines for Uruguay

While Cristiano Ronaldo remained a possible reinforcement for Liverpool in the winter transfer window, comparisons in terms of the team's current strikers began to emerge, with Darwin Núñez being singled out as his main competition, not just for the simple fact of sharing the group stage in Qatar, but rather, for the fact of knowing which player would play the best role throughout the three games that the competition offers each team at the start.

Although statistically the Portuguese striker has been more decisive than the Uruguayan by the simple fact of having a goal in his account, Cristiano Ronaldo has not been at all a crucial element that has defined the passage of his team to the next round, while Nunez, for his part, has been a player of great sacrifice that has collaborated more collectively in the last day of the qualification to the round of 16.

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The difference between the two is possibly in the tactics that are used on the pitch, because while the Portuguese are very much focused on what Ronaldo can do, the South American team does not focus all its resources on Darwin Nunez, making the Liverpool player shine for his collective while the former Manchester United man does it with his individuality, the Lusitanian failing miserably in the first 45 minutes against his South Korean counterpart.

Despite the needs of each team being different in Group H, the Uruguayans have relied on Darwin Nunez for much longer to generate danger in the Ghana goal, while in Portugal, coach Fernando Santos decided to dispense with the qualities of Cristiano Ronaldo to bring in Red Bull Leipzig's Andre Silva, looking for this younger element to break the deadlock in the market and string together three wins to keep them unbeaten even in Qatar.

<strong>Cristiano had a poor game</strong>

Cristiano Ronaldo could not be lethal in the opponent's box and that was why his departure only hinted at the bad game that the Portugal's all-time leading scorer had, remaining furious on the bench as his departure only caused the Korean fans to jeer even more than they already did in the first half. Perhaps with these last few minutes of CR7 Jurgen Klopp realised that Nunez is now a more complete footballer, and the German tactician does not regret the fact that Al-Nassr are looking to take him for an exorbitant amount of money.