And it was during a three-day tour that included practicing at St Mirren’s home field and being captured on camera flying down a waterslide in Loch Lomond.
On a frustrating night at the national stadium, men’s football’s all-time top international scorer failed to add to his astonishing total on his Hampden bow, his first appearance in Scotland in sixteen years.
A makeshift defense that held firm as the exhausted hosts took the first step on what may be a path to recovery created an evening of agony for the 39-year-old.
On Sunday night, an external video of Ronaldo hurling himself down a waterslide at the hotel where Portugal was based created a bizarre moment on social media.
All that was lacking was the sound of the Al Nassr striker’s signature “siu” celebration as he flew down the plastic flume.
Then, as a devoted audience waited outside for a glimpse of the superstar, the former Real Madrid and Manchester United legend was seen training at St. Mirren’s stadium.
At the same speed as the Portugal captain’s stroppy march down the Hampden tunnel at the end of the game, Ronaldo-mania had swept across Scotland.
There were supporters from China, Nepal, Ukraine, and Kurdistan present, but they weren’t there to witness it.
