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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, immediately texted broadcaster Piers Morgan from the locker room after his side\u2019s World Cup 2-0 win over Uruguay to claim that he did, in fact, touch teammate Bruno Fernandes\u2019 cross to open the scoring.<\/p>\n

This claim was made by former USA international, Alexi Lalas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe breaking news is that Cristiano Ronaldo did not score despite his claims that it [the ball] did touch him,\u201d Lalas said on Fox Soccer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just with Piers Morgan and he said that Cristiano texted him from the locker room saying that he believes that it touched his head. So, uhm, who knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that Fernandes scored a brace to help Portugal seal the victory against Uruguay in their second World Cup Group H tie on Monday night.<\/p>\n

However, it seemed like Ronaldo had scored the first goal for Portugal against Uruguay.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester United attacker claimed the first goal from Fernandes\u2019 cross.<\/p>\n

But replays showed that the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner did not touch the ball, and Fernandes was awarded the goal.<\/p>\n

Morgan, however, celebrated prematurely as he uploaded a photo of Ronaldo celebrating and tagged the forward.<\/p>\n

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