Five-time Ballon d’Or award winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, has
said his dream to win the World Cup for Portugal has ended.
Ronaldo said this in a post on social media following
Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Morocco in the quarter-final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup
on Saturday.
A first-half goal by Youssef En-Nesyri sent Portugal packing
while the North African team booked a spot in the semi-finals against defending
champions France.
Reacting, Ronaldo wrote, “Winning a World Cup for Portugal
was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career. Fortunately, I won many
titles of international dimension, including Portugal, but putting our
country’s name on the highest foot in the World was my biggest dream.
“I fought for it. I
fought hard for this dream. In the five appearances, I scored in World Cups
over 16 years, always by the side of great players and supported by millions of
Portuguese, I gave my all. Leave it all out on the field. I never turned my
face to the fight and I never gave up on that dream.
“Sadly, yesterday the dream ended. It’s not worth reacting
to heat(Sic). I just want you all to know that much has been said, much has
been written, and much has been speculated, but my dedication to Portugal has
not changed not for a moment. I was always one fighting for the objective of
all and I would never turn my back on my colleagues and my country.
“Not much more to say for now. Thank you, Portugal. Thank
you, Qatar. The dream was nice while it lasted… Now, it’s hoping that the
weather will be a good advisor and allow each one to draw their own
conclusions.”
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