Portugal vs Colombia FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Score: Portugal’s Vitinha gestures to Cristiano Ronaldo during the team’s World Cup training session. (AP Photo)
FIFA World Cup 2026 Game Today Live Score: Another Cristiano Ronaldo sighting is on the cards today as Portugal chase top spot in Group K against Colombia in their final group match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Miami Stadium. Both sides are already through to the Round of 32. But a win today for either assures them of a better draw for Round of 32.
After firing blanks in Portugal’s tournament opener, Ronaldo finally came to the party with two goals as Portugal tormented Uzbekistan. Can Ronaldo score another brace and keep himself in the race for the Golden Boot? Today will present a golden opportunity for him to do so, because Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has already confirmed that Ronaldo’s arch-rival Lionel Messi, who finds himself on top spot of the top goalscorers’ charts will be on the bench in Argentina’s final group game. Miami is where Messi plays his club football for Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer. Can Ronaldo make the city love him for a change?
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Whoever wins between already-qualified Colombia and Portugal finishes atop the group, with Colombia getting it if they draw. Congo is in with a win but out with a draw or a loss and Uzbekistan has long odds and likely needs to win in a romp.
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Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (7) celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group K soccer match between Portugal and Uzbekistan in Houston, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
We have been here before. Us, the hapless sports scribes, who marshalled every tenet of footballing logic to argue against his presence. The weary supporters, who no longer found the energy to defend their idol. The opponents, who assumed he had lost his powers of intimidation. And between us — the writers, the supporters and the defenders — him. Cristiano Ronaldo. Whenever the writing on the wall has appeared too glaring to ignore, whenever numbers have suggested his stocks were falling, the inevitability of a Ronaldo riposte has arrived. As it did in Houston on Tuesday, where he led Portugal to a 5-0 win over Uzbekistan. READ MORE.
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