Done! Portugal, the 2016 European champions, qualified early for EURO 2024 in Germany with a 3-2 (2-0) win against Slovakia in Group J at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto on Friday evening. But the tournament shouldn’t be the end for superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (38).
Even the constant rain couldn’t stop him. Cristiano Ronaldo in his last case? From the Vega! If CR7 has its way, then the goal is the 2026 World Cup title in North and Central America.
“To win the World Cup at 41 – that’s what Cristiano Ronaldo is planning,” reported the Viennese Krone newspaper on Friday before the game against the Slovaks, who still have a chance of qualifying for the European Championship in second place.
“I still love winning trophies and work hard for it every day,” said the training world champion recently. That doesn’t sound like a football pension. At Al-Nassr, Ronaldo apparently wants to extend his contract early and until 2027.
Then with a strong Portugal team, in which Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United and Bernardo Silva from Manchester City were also able to shine on the way to Germany, it would still be mathematically possible for him to win the World Cup title in 2026.
27:2 Tore
With Ronaldo, Portugal marched through the group more confidently than any other team – 7 games, 7 wins, 27:2 goals and 7 goals from 6 games from CR7 himself. Against Slovakia he converted a penalty kick to make it 2-0 after 29 minutes With the 3:1 (72nd minute) the team finally secured their ticket to the European Championship.
These numbers show: At 38 and although he has been with Al-Nassr in the sportingly insignificant Saudi Pro League since January 2023, Ronaldo has lost none of his goalscoring quality.
125 international goals
He is already the top goalscorer in his country with 125 goals, and he is almost 80 goals ahead of the “Selecao’s” second most successful shooter, Pauleta. With 202 appearances, the eccentric is also Portugal’s record international player – of course. At Al-Nassr, he completed his 18th season with a double-digit number of goals in his club career on September 29, 2023 with the 2-1 win against Al-Tai. He last missed this mark in 2005/2006 for Manchester United, when he scored 9 times as a winger.
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2023-10-14 20:39:47
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