Cristiano Ronaldo took the first penalty in the World Cup. He is the highest penalties in the World Cup, he has taken penalties. The difference was scored in the first, the Portuguese superstar could not score the second goal.
The World Cup in Russia is not yet finished. In the meantime, in the World Cup, one of the highest penalties in this year's new record! On Monday night, Ronaldo's penalty in the Portugal-Iran match in Saransk, is 19th.
In 2002, South Korea and Japan jointly organized the World Cup 18 penalties were the previous record. In the 2014 Brazilian World Cup penalty was 13 total.
After the Portugal-Iran match, the penalty was one more. That is, in the first 36 matches in the World Cup in Russia, the penalty is 20. The remaining 28 matches of the tournament yet! Where the number of penalties?
However, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is being used first in the World Cup. This is one of the reasons for penalties. Twenty-eight penalties were given to VAR technology.
In this 20 penalties, 15 goals have been scored. The players could not score the remaining five penalty goals. The five players are - Lionel Messi of Argentina, Peruvian Christian Kueva, Gilfi Segodensen of Iceland, Fahad Al-Muallad of Saudi Arabia and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal.