In England’s first game of the FIFA World Cup 2026 (against Croatia), captain Harry Kane joined the league of elite forwards currently operating at the World Cup to score two goals or more in their team’s opener. It’s an elite group that includes Argentina’s Lionel Messi (hat-trick against Algeria), Norway’s Erling Haaland (two goals against Iraq), France’s Kylian Mbappe (two goals against Senegal) and Germany’s Kai Havertz (two goals against Curacao). Who is yet to join this group is Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a wretched game against Congo, going goalless after having just two shots in the whole game. Congo ended up holding Ronaldo’s Portugal to a 1-1 draw with Joao Neves’s 6th minute goal getting cancelled out by Yoane Wisse’s strike in the first half. Ronaldo’s two shots came in the 68th minute and the 73rd minute, both off target. After the game, Portugal coach Roberto Martínez was repeatedly asked if he considered taking out Ronaldo on Wednesday. “It makes no sense to get the best world scorer to be out when you need …