Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday took to Instagram to share a cryptic publish, a day after Portugal have been surprised by Morocco within the quarter-finals of the continued FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo, who was on the bench for the essential match, got here on a as a second-half substitute however did not make an impression as Youssef En-Nesyri’s first-half strike was sufficient to take Morocco to the semi-finals. Taking to Instagram, Ronaldo stated that his dream of successful a World Cup for Portugal has ended after the shock loss to Morocco.
“Successful a World Cup for Portugal was the most important and most bold dream of my profession. Thankfully, I gained many titles of worldwide dimension, together with for Portugal, however placing the identify of our nation on the very best degree on the earth was my largest dream,” Ronaldo captioned the publish.
Ronaldo, who was taking part in in his fifth and possibly his final World Cup, stated that he’ll at all times be grateful to the Portuguese individuals, who’ve supported him over time.
“I fought for it. I fought laborious for this dream. Within the 5 presences that I scored in World Cups over 16 years, at all times alongside nice gamers and supported by hundreds of thousands of Portuguese individuals, I gave my all. I left every thing on the sector. I by no means turned my face to the battle and I by no means gave up on that dream.”
The 37-year-old, nevertheless, did not reveal something concerning his future.
“Sadly, yesterday the dream ended. It’s not price reacting sizzling. I simply need everybody to know that a lot has been stated, a lot has been written, a lot has been speculated, however my dedication to Portugal has not modified for an on the spot. I used to be at all times yet one more particular person preventing for everybody’s purpose and I’d by no means flip my again on my teammates and my nation.”
“For now, there’s not far more to say. Thanks, Portugal. Thanks, Qatar. The dream was stunning whereas it lasted… Now, it is time to be a great advisor and permit everybody to attract their very own conclusions,” he concluded.
Notably, Ronaldo is at the moment a free-agent, after agreeing to terminate his contract with Manchester United by mutual consent.
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