In a World Cup fashion fad to rival the Romanian players’ bleached blonde hair at France ’98, every Portugal player could grow a lucky goatee like Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Cedric Soares.
Ronaldo arrived at the Luzhniki Stadium for Wednesday’s match against Morocco sporting a new beard — albeit a fine one — and he promptly scored a fourth-minute winner to leave Portugal on the brink of the knockouts.
There were suggestions the goatee was for the benefit of Ronaldo’s rival Lionel Messi in the ongoing debate about which of the two is the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT), but Cedric says the Portugal captain is more likely to have copied him.
“The beard has nothing to do with Messi,” laughed Southampton’s Cedric. “It’s just an option. Maybe he wanted to have it like mine as I have one as well and maybe it is bringing him some luck. So I hope he keeps it.