Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan player ratings: Cristiano Ronaldo stars as Roberto Martinez's side pick up first World Cup 2026 win

Portugal beat Uzbekistan 5-0 successful their 2nd radical game, bouncing backmost from a disappointing gully against Congo successful their opener.

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace for Portugal, while Nuno Mendes fired location a free-kick, Abduvohid Nematov scored an unfortunate ain extremity and Rafael Leao netted a superb precocious goal.

Here, Sports Mole provides subordinate ratings from the clash betwixt Portugal and Uzbekistan successful the 2026 World Cup.

Portugal subordinate ratings vs. Uzbekistan

GOALKEEPER

Diogo Costa - 8/10

DEFENDERS

Joao Cancelo - 8/10

Provided the assistance for Ronaldo's archetypal extremity and was a changeless menace going forward. Taken disconnected astatine half-time with Roberto Martinez keen to springiness Cancelo a remainder aft helium played the afloat 90 minutes successful the opener.

Ruben Dias - 7/10

Renato Veiga - 7/10

Nuno Mendes - 8/10

Came into this tourney disconnected the backmost of an outstanding play for Paris Saint-Germain, wherever helium helped the nine triumph the Champions League and the Ligue 1 title. Doubled Portugal's pb with a well-taken free-kick and impressed defensively.

MIDFIELDERS

Joao Neves - 7/10

Vitinha - 8/10

A typically awesome show successful midfield, wherever helium dictated the tempo of the game. Had the astir touches of immoderate subordinate and is important to Portugal's hopes astatine this tournament.

Bruno Fernandes - 8/10

Struggled to make galore clear-cut chances against Congo, but looked astir backmost to his champion here. Having registered a record-breaking 21 assists past play for Manchester United, Fernandes got his archetypal astatine this World Cup erstwhile helium teed up Ronaldo to marque it 3-0.

ATTACKERS

Pedro Neto - 7/10

Cristiano Ronaldo - 9/10

After a lacklustre show successful Portugal's opener, Ronaldo enactment successful a superb show against Uzbekistan. Bagged a brace with 2 fantabulous close-range finishes, becoming the archetypal antheral to ever people astatine six World Cups, but was incapable to get a hat-trick.

Joao Felix - 7/10

SUBSTITUTES

Nelson Semedo - 6/10

Francisco Conceicao - 7/10

Trincao - 6/10

Bernardo Silva - 6/10

Rafael Leao - 7/10

Uzbekistan subordinate ratings vs. Portugal

GOALKEEPER

Abduvohid Nematov - 3/10

Drafted into the broadside aft Utkir Yusupov conceded 3 against Colombia, including a Luis Diaz extremity helium should person saved. However, Nematov did not fare immoderate amended arsenic helium conceded 5 goals, got caught retired by Mendes's free-kick and scored an unfortunate ain goal.

DEFENDERS

Behruzjon Karimov - 6/10

Abdukodir Khusanov - 6/10

Abdulla Abdullaev - 5/10

Rustam Ashurmatov - 5/10 

Sherzod Nasrullaev - 6/10

MIDFIELDERS

Azizjon G'aniev - 6/10 

Odiljon Khamrobekov - 5/10

Struggled to get overmuch of a foothold successful the crippled and was booked aboriginal aft hauling down Pedro Neto connected the borderline of the box, with Mendes scoring the resulting free-kick. Unsurprisingly substituted astatine half-time.

Otabek Shukurov - 6/10 

Abbosbek Fayzullaev - 6/10

ATTACKERS

Eldor Shomurodov - 7/10

Led the enactment admirably and created the astir chances during the crippled with four. 

SUBSTITUTES

Khojiakbar Alijonov - 6/10

Akmal Mozgovoy - 6/10

Igor Sergeev - 6/10

Sherzod Esanov - N/A

Ruslanbek Jiyanov - N/A