Under pressure from officials, Ronaldo starts game (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
up for
'game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'under pressure from officials ronaldo starts' is the wordplay.
'starts' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'under pressure from officials ronaldo' is 'UP FOR'.
(Other definitions for up for that I've seen before include "Willing to take part in (informal)" , "Game to go" , "Due to get" .)