Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his desire to keep playing in the coming years and at least lead his country to the Euro 2024 final in a statement he made on Tuesday during an awards ceremony on the outskirts of Lisbon. The 37-year-old, who wanted to leave his Manchester United side this summer without getting his wish, stressed that “my journey is not over yet, you must continue to support Chris (Ronaldo) for some time to come.”
After receiving the Quinas do Ouro award, awarded by the Portuguese Federation to the top scorer in the history of the national team, he said he wanted to “participate in the World and European Championships … I feel very motivated, my ambitions are great.”
Despite his 37 years, the five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world is still one of the main pillars of the Portuguese national team as it prepares for the World Cup in Qatar, slated for later this year.
Ronaldo tops the list of players with the most caps for Portugal with 189 caps, and he is not only the top scorer in European Selecao history, but also the world record holder for caps for international caps (117). already).
And if coach Fernando Santos decides to rely on him at the World Cup in Qatar for almost the right move, Ronaldo will play the tenth major international tournament of his career, which culminated in the European Cup in 2016 for the first time in his career. history of the country, and then the League of European Nations in 2019.
Ronaldo is having one of his toughest seasons under new Dutch United manager Erik Ten Hag as he waited until the current 15th to score his first goal and it was a penalty in a match the Red Devils won against their the owner of the Tiraspol sheriff from Moldova with a score of 2:0 in the Europa League tournament.
The Portuguese star has just started one of the six matches played by United in the Premier League, while he played from the start in two Europa League matches against Real Sociedad (United lost 0-1 at home) and Sheriff Tiraspol.
