The legendary captain of the Portuguese national team commented on the elimination of the 2026 emergency and his remaining match at the world championships.
Disappointed with Cristiano Ronaldo, declaring that he is relinquishing his remaining championship to the world with a clear conscience. This happened after the Portuguese team lost to Spain with a 0:1 draw in the dramatic match of the 1/8 finals, which took place in Arlington (Texas).
The share of the match and the ticket to the quarterfinals was determined by the single goal of the Spaniard Mikel Merino, scored in the first half of injury time of the other half. After the final whistle at the AT\u0026T Stadium near Dallas, Ronaldo cried and applauded the fans..
The career of the 41-year-old football player at the world championships ended with 27 matches - this is another record in the history of the tournament after the Argentinean Lionel Messi (30 matches). The Cup of World has also lost the only significant trophy that is rejected in its collection.
Earlier, in a conversation with journalists, the striker confirmed that this would be the remaining world championship, but had not yet praised the decision to complete his career in the national team..
“It’s hard for me to deprive the Championship of the world with such a rank. As I have already said in my lesson, I have given everything I can and go with a clear conscience. This is the life of a football player. You need to collapse forward. .
Ronaldo's attempt to lead Portugal to the quarterfinals at another tournament was not far away. Prote vin dominates the largest football arena as the leader of all-time goals for the number of goals in international matches (146) and for the number of matches for the national team (233).
Although the title of world champion has become unattainable (Ronaldo's best result was the 2006 finals when he made his debut in the tournament), he equates his European successes with world triumph.
" I won three titles with Portugal. The Euro 2016 title is on the same level as the World Championship,” he said, predicting two UEFA Nations League titles and a triumph at the European Championship.
The five-time Volodar of the Golden Ball is deprived of the only winner who scored in six world championships.
He scored 11 goals at the world championships, which puts him in ninth place on the list of top tournament scorers in his career.
It is symbolic that his last match in the tournament was played through all sorts of fates after he scored a fabulous hat-trick against Spain (3:3) at the ChS-2018 at the age of 33.
This time Ronaldo had few chances against the Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon, who extended his record in world championships to 609 goals without conceding a goal..
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