Cristiano Ronaldo had no contact with the ball throughout POR’s opener towards URU, confirms Adidas

As debate rages on about who scored Portugal’s opener towards Uruguay, Cristiano Ronaldo or Bruno Fernandes, ball producer Adidas launched a press release on Monday confirming that the Portuguese captain had no contact with the ball.

‘In the match between Portugal and Uruguay, using the Connected Ball Technology housed in adidas’s Al Rihla Official Match Ball, we’re in a position to definitively present no contact on the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo for the opening aim within the recreation. No exterior pressure on the ball could possibly be measured as proven by the shortage of ‘heartbeat’ in our measurements and within the connected graphic. The 500Hz IMU sensor contained in the ball permits us to be extremely correct in our evaluation,” Adidas was quoted by Daily Mail.

In layman’s phrases, the Adidas ball, known as Al Rihla (the journey, in Arabic), comes with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor that additionally aids in making tight offside calls. The sensor, which is positioned on the centre of the ball, continually sends information to the video operation room. This know-how got here to the fore which confirmed that the aim was the truth is, scored by Fernandes.

Fernandes crossed the ball from the left aspect of the pitch and Ronaldo jumped the best because the ball went into the aim. He celebrated wildly because the aim, had it stood, would have seen him stage former Real Madrid with Eusebio as Portugal’s highest aim scorer at World Cups. He would even have surpassed Lionel Messi of their race for extra World Cup targets.

However, replays later confirmed that Ronaldo had simply missed connecting with the ball.

Announcers within the stadium credited the aim to Fernandes even because the official scorecard talked about Ronaldo because the scorer. The scoreline was later ratified and the aim formally given to Fernandes.