Wayne Rooney
Former England striker to BBC Sport

With all the other top players scoring goals at this tournament, at 41 to score two goals at the World Cup is incredible. He didn't have the best game but this is what he does. He's taken a bit of criticism and this is how he responds. He has done that his whole career.

He wants to be the best at what he does and he's always been like that. When the other forwards and attacking players are scoring goals, he wants to top that list. His response here is exactly what you'd expect from him. He's selfish in terms of he wants to be the best, but he is a team player also. To watch Messi last night and Ronaldo tonight at their age, it's incredible what they are doing.

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Nuno Mendes became only the second Portugal player to score a direct free-kick at the World Cup, after Cristiano Ronaldo v Spain in 2018.

Uzbekistan were expecting Ronaldo to take a free-kick on the edge of the box, only for Mendes to surprise everyone and fire into the net for Portugal's second goal of the game.

Have a watch below.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport journalist

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Cristiano Ronaldo become the first player to score in six World Cups as his Portugal side thrashed debutants Uzbekistan.

The 41-year-old made history when he opened the scoring in the sixth minute, sweeping in a low half-volley at the near post from Joao Cancelo's cross from the right.

Ronaldo's strike also meant he became the second oldest man to score at a World Cup, behind Cameroon's Roger Milla, who was 42 when he found the net against Russia in 1994.

"I'm back! I'm back!"

Ronaldo stared into a television camera lens and screamed a defiant message for those who said he was Portugal's problem at the 2026 World Cup.

When asked about his "I'm back" statement after the match, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner said it was "only so they [his critics] don't forget - 23 years [doing so] like this".

"I'm very happy but the most important thing is the work the team did and the confidence it gives us," added Ronaldo.

"Obviously personal records are always nice but my goal is always to help the team achieve its objectives."

Portugal will face Colombia on Sunday 28 June (00:30 BST) in their final match to determine who goes through from Group K and tops the standings.

A system flaw, personnel issues, or simply not needing to go out and win the game - we have heard plenty of different opinions as to why England struggled to defeat Ghana from pundits and fans alike.

Let's move on to what has happened elsewhere in the World Cup...

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Calling into BBC Radio 5 Live's 606, Elliott from Cheadle said the draw has shown England's "lack of depth"...

"Was this just a blip or a demonstration of the limited ability of your England players?" said Elliott.

"It was awful to watch an England team devoid of any imagination, enterprise, basic skill to take on the 74th ranked team in the world.

"The coach now knows the depth of his England players.

"There is one basic flaw with English footballers- they simply don’t possess creativity or ability to improvise."

Wayne Rooney
Former England striker on BBC One

From Thomas Tuchel, I now expect changes on Saturday night. I think England probed, but there is little details throughout that game that Tuchel will look with the team and try on improve on.

When a team is sitting low block, you have to cross the ball.

It is very difficult to defend against. I don't think we crossed the ball enough in 90 minutes.

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Good point Sam.

In a news conference earlier this week, Thomas Tuchel said that the new hydration breaks "change the characteristic of the match more than I thought."

But he also acknowledged the "fairness" of every team having to work around them.

You can read more of his view on hydration breaks here

David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

My interpretation a low block is; as soon as England get the ball, the opposition line up on the edge of the box and wait for them. Ghana were halfway through the England half - not necessarily pressing but not being too condense.

Ghana were in a 4-5-1, but they weren't in my traditional version of a low block, parking the bus. I think it was just a very organised set up that England found difficult [to break down]. There wasn't the urge or necessity to do anything differently. They didn't need to win the game.

What we did see was a lot of crosses, which was encouraging. I think the request from Thomas [Tuchel] will be to get the crosses in against Panama and we will have the aerial threat from the likes of Harry Kane to score goals. I'm sure it will be frustrating but I don't see any other outcome than England winning.

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Al in Uxbridge has passed on wisdom from his school days to BBC Radio 5 Live 606.

"I was always taught in school to disappoint your followers at a rate they can stand," said Al.

"I was enthusiastic about England the other day, I was disappointed last night, but they got a point, they are going to make it and we go on.

"Disappointing results will always come in World Cups and I could stand that disappointing performance last night.

"Bring on Cape Verde."

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David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

I can't speak for Djed Spence and Thomas Partey because I don't know what is going on there, but in my case, yes [there was times I didn't want to shake an opponent's hand].

Not all footballers are nice and some of them were not so nice to me and you don't want to shake their hand. I would try and avoid if I could, but unfortunately you can't and you kind of do it because you have to.

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Footage circulating on social media appears to show England full-back Djed Spence not shaking hands with Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey before their World Cup match in Boston.

Partey was booed by England fans as he made his first appearance at this year's World Cup, having missed his nation's first game at the tournament.

The 33-year-old was denied entry into Canada after telling officials he had never been arrested nor charged with a crime, and missed Ghana's 1-0 win against Panama in Toronto as a result.

Partey pleaded not guilty to seven charges of rape and one count of sexual assault relating to allegations by four different women between 2020 and 2022 and is scheduled to stand trial next year.

BBC Sport understands the Football Association did not discuss the pre-match handshake with players before the match.

In a statement, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said last week: "The US is aware of the pending court case for Mr Partey.

"However, at this time, he has not been convicted of a crime and was admitted to the United States after being issued a visa."

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's 606, Andrew from Greenford said the draw with Ghana is "not the end of the world".

"I remember watching England at the 1966 World Cup and in the group that year we drew with Uruguay and still finished top of the group," said Andrew.

"It’s not the end if the world, you can only play as well as your allowed to play, you’ve got to give credit to Ghana.

"They set up shop to make sure they were hard to break down.

"We can count ourselves very lucky and the quote of the World Cup so far comes from Carlos Queiroz on VAR going for a cup of coffee.

"It was a blatant penalty, they should have sent the referee to the monitor to look at it. He would have given the penalty."

You can watch BBC Radio 5 Live's 606 with Aaron Paul and David James at the top of this page.

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Some may feel England were lucky not to concede a penalty, but Eberechi Eze was just relieved he hadn’t seen the incident himself...

Darren Cann
Former Premier League assistant referee on BBC One

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We had our hearts in our mouths when we saw Konsa make that challenge.

As an England fan I am delighted that it wasn't given, but I have to be honest, for me this should have been referred to the referee.

Konsa makes absolutely no contact at all with the ball, he brings down his opponent.

He is airborne, he is out of control, he makes contact with the attacker. For me this was a penalty kick.

Ghana may have been celebrating a gutsy goalless draw with England on Tuesday night, but manager Carlo Queiroz couldn't help wondering what might have been.

The Black Stars boss was adamant his side should have been awarded a penalty late in Tuesday's game as Prince Kwabena Adu charged into the box before Ezri Konsa came across and appeared to bring down the midfielder.

No spot-kick was given - to the relief of England supporters, with replays showing Konsa had caught Adu on the knee and made no contact with the ball.

"I'm not sure VAR is still working in the World Cup. We still have VAR? It's working?" said Queiroz.

What do you think, were England lucky to get away with it?

Read the full story on Quieroz's reaction here

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