Cristiano Ronaldo was the man who many arrived at Hampden Park wanting to get a glimpse of before the 0-0 UEFA Nations League stalemate between Scotland and Portugal. 

But the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus forward left the national stadium in a sulk on Tuesday night. 

The 39-year-old was fuming that Portugal weren't allowed to take a corner, despite time elapsing the four minutes added on at the end of the second half.

When Belgian referee Lawrence Visser blew his final whistle, Ronaldo can be seen beginning an astonishing strop which he continued for over a minute with gestures towards the officials, waving his arms in the air, shaking his head, and putting his thumbs down repeatedly. 

(Image: PA) He then vacated his fellow teammates off the pitch without acknowledging all the Scotland players' hands and went straight down the tunnel still absolutely seething. 

Former Scotland and Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew was on co-commentary for Viaplay's Youtube coverage of the clash, and described the incident. 

"Ronaldo's not happy with the ref, he's absolutely raging," said the 44-time capped internationalist.


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Bayern Munich star Joao Palhinha addressed the referees decision, while carefully choosing his words, and said: "Refereeing? If I were to give my honest opinion…

"I don't want to mince words, it's better to remain silent. For those who understand, half a word is enough.

“But that's not why we didn't win the game. I would like to stress that we are still in first place and I hope we can maintain this good streak.

“We deserved to get something more out of this game, even though it’s always difficult to play in Scotland.

“Our dominance in the game was clear. We deserved more than a draw. But I would like to highlight the work we’ve been doing. We’re still in first place and we hope to secure qualification in the next two games, which will be difficult."

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Ronaldo fever hit the country over the past few days as Portugal prepared to take on Scotland.

The Al-Nassr star had been spotted going down a flume at the luxury Cameron House in Balloch and hundreds of youngsters surrounded the footballing great whilst he trained with Portugal at St Mirren's SMISA Stadium on Monday. 

Scotland's draw was their first point in Nations League Group A1, ending a run of three consecutive losses in the competition.