Betfair pays who bet on Cristiano Ronaldo against Uruguay

There are still many people in doubt: after all, Portugal's first goal against Uruguay was Cristiano Ronaldo or Bruno Fernandes? Did the ball really touch the head of theCR7 or did it go straight through? This discussion goes far, but not to harm the people who bet on Cristiano's goal, Betfair decided to pay the bets that indicated that CR7 would score in the match against Uruguay, for the second round of group H of the World Cup in Qatar.

Officially, the decision of Iranian referee Alireza Faghani in the summary of the match indicates that Bruno Fernandes is the author of the goal, since the kick of midfielder Portuguese has not undergone a remarkable change of trajectory. However, images that ran the internet after the game show the ball glued to Cristiano Ronaldo's hair, which led fans around the world to challenge the refereeing decision.

And with that first big mystery of this World Cup, Betfair decided to accept that CR7 could have actually touched the ball, even minimally. For this reason, the bookmaker with more than 18 million bettors has held the so-called 'justice payout' and has already made the deposit in the accounts of those who placed bets on the following markets:

Cristiano Ronaldo will be the author of the first goal of the match;

Cristiano Ronaldo's goal at any time of the game;

Cristiano Ronaldo will have more than 1 kick on target.

"We paid everyone who bet on Cristiano Ronaldo for the author of the first goal, player with goal at any time or player with 1+ kick to the target after he appeared to have really scored the goal before being officially given to Bruno Fernandes. It's an opportunity to be fair, as it's very difficult to come to a conclusion," Betfair said in a statement.

And who really bet on Bruno Fernandes's goal also did not have to worry. Betfair has already paid the bettors who hit what happened "officially".

Betfair is one of the world's largest online sports betting providers, and the official sponsor of CONMEBOL Libertadores and South America. The company, founded in London in 2000, has pioneered the offer of peer-to-peer betting (Betfair Exchange) betting in the betting industry and manages a full range of sports betting, entertainment events and online gaming products for more than 4 million customers worldwide, available to over 18s.

Thanks to its state-of-the-art technology, the platform offers a wide catalog of products that allows you to bet with your own quotas and quotas offered by other users. Betfair is licensed to operate online betting and other gaming in 19 countries, including Spain, Italy, Malta, Colombia and Great Britain.

Source: GMB