Cristiano Ronaldo's big tackle

Selected with the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo (39 years old) took advantage of his presence in the country to receive the “Platinium Quiña” prize to reward his professional career. A trophy that the footballer with 216 caps (133 goals) welcomed with a smile. He took the opportunity to talk about his goal of goals to achieve, having recently set the bar of 1000 career goals. “I'll be honest, right now I want to enjoy the moment. I said I wanted to reach 1,000, I just reached 900 and I'm already being asked to do more. If they come, that's good, but if they don't come, I remain the player who has scored the most goals in history, so everything is fine. He also took the opportunity to address certain players, who complain about overloaded schedules and who even refuse to come to the selection.

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“I am proud to receive this trophy, I do not see it as an end, but as a beginning. Thank you to the Federation for this award, for the long journey that I have traveled in the national team with a lot of pride and work. It's curious, because when I arrived in the national team at 18, I only had one dream: to take my first steps in the Portuguese jersey. Then I aimed for 25 matches, then 50, which is a level that all players consider to be important. And so I said to myself, why not 100? A round, three-digit number. After that, I started thinking about 150, 200… for me, that's something big. I would like to take this opportunity to say, especially here, to my teammates that after playing for so many clubs, winning so many trophies, Champions League, Ballon d'Or, FIFA, etc… I don't think he There's nothing better than representing the national team. Playing, representing the whole country, the whole culture, your children, your mother, your father, your best friends. This is why I am often disappointed by certain players. They don't want to represent the national team. It goes by quickly and there's nothing better than that. play. I hear a lot of people say that Portugal is a small country, Portugal is a big country.” The message is more than clear!