Portugal's Ricardo Quaresma celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017.
But the referee consulted with the video official, who noticed that four Portuguese players had been offside in the passage of play before Ronaldo's shot.
Both sides subsequently came close to breaking the deadlock, and it looked like Cedric Soares had scored the winning goal for the Seleccao with just five minutes to go in the match.
Hector Moreno rescued a Confederations Cup point for Mexico with a stoppage-time header against Portugal.
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The result handed the early initiative in Group A to hosts Russian Federation, who beat New Zealand 2-0 a day earlier.
Ronaldo is reckoned to favour an Old Trafford return should he leave Real, with former Los Blancos boss Jose Mourinho also keen on a reunion. And in what was an evenly contested affair, Fernando Santos's side were held to a 2-2 draw thanks to a late equaliser from Hector Moreno.
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I'm just so happy. "I am really happy". "I am upset but congratulations to Jelena, you are a great champion", said the Romanian. Recalling her first experience of grass aged 15, Ostapenko said: 'When I first played on it I didn't like it at all.
Portugal's advance in the early stages was soon rewarded by Pepe latching onto a long distance effort from winger Nani, only to be retrospectively ruled offside.
"We played the European champions on equal terms, we generated chances but couldn't finish them", said Osorio.
The Portugal skipper could not control the ball to shoot but his brilliant pass between three defenders left Quaresma free to round keeper Guillermo Ochoa and tap into the empty net.
"We wanted to win, of course, but we have to be satisfied with this result against the European champions", Chicharito said.
With time running out, Southampton right-back Cedric pounced on a loose ball and slammed home Portugal's second goal.
The victory gave Chile a ideal start to their maiden Confederations Cup campaign, after they qualified by successfully defending their Copa America title past year.
The Mexicans should have taken the lead on the stroke of half time as Jiminez pulled the ball back for Hernandez inside the box but the Borrusia Moenchengladbach striker ballooned his shot. "It was a fair result for how the teams played".
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