According to Reddit, Cristiano Ronaldo borrowed Bruno Fernandes’ boots in the second half of the match against Türkiye. And it was from these boots that he assisted his teammate to score.

In the second match of Group F of EURO 2024, Portugal won 3-0 against Turkey . The scorers for the European Selecao were Bernardo Silva, center-back Akaydin on the Turkish side and midfielder Bruno Fernandes.

The most notable situation was probably in the third goal. Receiving a pass from the back line, Ronaldo received the ball, passed the player marking him and faced goalkeeper Bayindir. But in the face-to-face situation, instead of finishing himself, CR7 decided to pass the ball to Bruno Fernandes who tapped the ball into the empty net.

Ronaldo passed the ball for Fernandes to score

Fans were surprised by Ronaldo’s decision. Because he is always so eager to score goals that he is sometimes considered selfish. Not to mention, Ronaldo has not scored any goals at EURO this year. However, CR7 still gave the goal to his teammates.

And according to Reddit’s analysis, the reason could be… the shoes. Accordingly, Ronaldo borrowed Bruno Fernandes’ shoes in the second half of the match against Türkiye.

The proof is that on the outside of the boot is the name BRUNO while the inside is ‘MATILDE’ (Bruno’s daughter’s name). Changing shoes means changing your luck. Ronaldo created and equaled the record of the player with the most assists in EURO history (8 times) of former Czech player, Karel Poborsky.

Ronaldo used 2 pairs of shoes in 2 different halves

After the match, Fernandes was full of praise for Ronaldo. “Everyone wants to score, but that is not the most important thing, as shown by my goal,” said the MU midfielder. “Ronaldo is the player with the most goals in Portuguese history and could have scored that situation, but he passed it to me. This shows how much the victory means to us, more than scoring.”

Meanwhile, coach Roberto Martinez shared: “Ronaldo is a goalscorer. He lives for goals and yet, when he only had the goalkeeper in front of him, Ronaldo gave the chance to score to Bruno Fernandes. That is an example that needs to be spread to every football academy in Portugal and around the world. Ronaldo’s actions show that the team is the most important thing.”

For his part, Ronaldo shared his feelings on his personal page about an hour after the final whistle, “Qualified for the next round and guaranteed top spot in the group. Proud of this team, we are Portugal!”, CR7 wrote.