Revealed. Why Rasmus Højlund celebrated his goal against Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo's signature celebration

Danish national team star Rasmus Højlund was the scorer of the only goal in the first match of the quarterfinal clash between the Danes and the Portuguese in the Nations League. Højlund marked his success with Ronaldo's signature celebration right in front of the Portuguese star, and as it turns out, he did it as a tribute to the legend, reports the Daily Mail.

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While many thought Højlund as trying to taunt Ronaldo, since Rasmus scored the goal against his team right before his eyes, it turns out Cristiano has long been an idol for the Dane, and this celebration was actually intended to show his respect for the Portuguese star.

"Now I'm not going to exaggerate, but Cristiano is everything to me. I fell in love with football because of Cristiano, I became a Manchester United fan because of Cristiano. I started self-training because of Cristiano, I started doing push-ups and sit-ups every day before I went to bed, because of Cristiano, because I wanted to be Cristiano," Højlund told Danish outlet DR before the match.