For a change, Cristiano Ronaldo had an off day. The Portugal striker, has been on a goal-scoring spree in the previous two games against Spain and Morocco, looked off colour during his team’s 1-1 draw against Iran. Having missed a penalty earlier in the game, Ronaldo was also fortunate to escape a red card despite a VAR review following an elbow to defender Morteza Pouraliganji And the reason for Ronaldo’s rare bad day can be credited to Iran fans, whose incessant chanting outside prevented the him from getting a proper sleep.
According to a report from Goal.com, the incident happened in Mordovia Arena in Saransk, where Ronaldo had to beg Iranian fans to let him sleep after thousands of supporters kept him awake by chanting in the streets outside his hotel on Sunday night.