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Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in the worst team of the group stages - alongside four Qatar players.
Ronaldo, 37, started every match for Portugal in their successful group stage campaign but struggled to make an impact, scoring only once and generally looking anonymous for large periods.
Sofascore, announcing their worst side of the initial phase of the World Cup, placed Ronaldo up front with an average rating of 6.37 across his three matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo endured a poor opening three games to the tournament and has suffered the ignominy of being named among the eleven worst performing stars
He appeared a frustrated figure for much of his time on the pitch for Portugal, growing frustrated at team-mates for not shovelling him the ball more. His misery was compounded on Friday when he ducked at a corner, allowing the ball to deflect off his back and into the path of the grateful Kim Young-Gwon to fire home.
Sofascore's own clarification is that only players who had played 60 per cent of minutes across the group phase were eligible, though it remains an unwanted gong for a player whose chief confidant in the media, Piers Morgan, declared was playing to achieve a move to a 'Champions League club' in Qatar.
Sofascore's worst group stage XI saw Ronaldo take his place alongside four Qatar players
Meshaal Barsham - who came in after the first game - endured poor performances against Senegal and Holland, conceding five times
Elsewhere in the side, Meshaal Barsham, who replaced Saad Al-Sheeb after Qatar's opener with
