Le 06 juillet 2005, Cristiano Ronaldo déclare :
"Mon rêve est de ramener le premier trophée international au Portugal."
11 ans plus tard, l'Euro 2016. Promesse tenue.
Premier trophée de l'histoire de la sélection.
🗣️Kylian Mbappé:
“People calling me a dictator? Nah, it doesn’t bother me at all. 😂 Even my teammates in the France squad joke about it we all just laugh.
When you look at Cristiano Ronaldo, he was called all sorts of names during his time at Real Madrid, and even now. People labeled him arrogant, selfish, egotistical, and more. But he never took any of it personally or let it affect him. Instead, he used it as motivation to become even better.
I try to learn a lot from him, and it’s really helped me in my career. No matter what people say about me, especially fans, I don’t care because whether you perform well or not, people will always have something to say.
I’ve learned so much from Ronaldo, and I’ll keep learning because he’s always been my idol since I was a kid.”
🚨😳 Messi SLAMS Bruno Fernandes and João Neves over their treatment of Cristiano Ronaldo.
“It is a disgrace, if I’m being honest. Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player Portugal has ever produced and one of the greatest players in football history. Players like that deserve respect.
If his own national team does not respect him, then how do you expect the rest of the world to respect him? I never expected to see teammates act this way towards him.
Respect is needed. He is a huge name in football and, more importantly, they are teammates. Football is about playing together and supporting each other. That is how I have always worked with my teammates.”
🚨 Jose Mourinho BLASTS the constant criticism of Cristiano Ronaldo:
🗣️ Mourinho: “This is not the first time a team or players are criticizing Ronaldo. It’s actually the only way some of them can stay relevant. They know attacking CR7 gets them headlines. Simple as that.”
“Let’s be honest we’ve seen it before:
🔹 Karim Benzema implied the greatest player in history is the Brazilian Ronaldo. When asked about CR7 fans, he said ‘If he thinks so, then it is.’
🔹 Luka Modric criticized Ronaldo for not attending the 2018 Ballon d’Or ceremony, saying ‘These awards only gain value when they receive them themselves. It’s unfair to teammates, voters, and football.’
🔹 Wayne Rooney in 2021 called Ronaldo’s reaction to being substituted ‘unacceptable’ and a ‘distraction for Manchester United.’
🔹 Gary Neville said during Ronaldo’s second stint at United he got angry and frustrated with the young players and needed to change his leadership style.
🔹 Leonardo Bonucci claimed Ronaldo’s presence made the team lazy, implying ‘The team started playing for him.’
Mourinho continued: “All these comments… and yet Ronaldo is still uncountably times better than all of them combined. Goals, titles, mentality, longevity the numbers don’t lie. People love to talk when he’s the topic. That’s the Ronaldo effect. Respect the legend.”
🚨Jürgen Klopp on Portugal’s performance against DR Congo:
🗣️ “Look, everybody wants to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo.
His age.
Whether he should start.
Whether he should play ninety minutes.
For me, that is not the biggest problem Portugal have right now.
The bigger issue is the team around him.
I watched the game and I saw a lot of talented players, very good players, but not enough intensity, not enough sacrifice, and not enough urgency.
International football is different from club football.
You cannot just rely on technical quality.
You have to fight.
You have to run.
You have to suffer together.
The best teams in this World Cup are doing exactly that.
I did not see enough of it from Portugal.
People talk about this midfield like it is the best in the tournament because of what these players do for their clubs.
But football is not won on reputation.
It is won through collective effort.
Against DR Congo, there was too much comfortable football.
Too many safe passes.
Too much waiting for somebody else to make something happen.
If Cristiano Ronaldo was getting chance after chance and missing them, then okay, we can have that conversation.
But when your forwards are not getting proper service, when your attacking players are isolated, then the problem is much bigger than one player.
Portugal have enough quality to go far in this tournament.
But quality alone is never enough.
You need hunger.
You need intensity.
You need a team willing to do the dirty work for each other.
And right now, that is what I think Portugal are missing.”
{@BBCSport }
🚨Bruno Fernandes on the criticism Ronaldo is facing after Portugal’s 1-1 draw with DR Congo, following Messi’s standout performance against Algeria:
🗣️ “I myself did not perform well either, so it’s not just Ronaldo — it’s all of us. He is the leader, yes, but football is never about one player.
People are talking a lot because Messi had a good game for Argentina, but we are forgetting that even great teams and great players don’t always start tournaments perfectly.
Argentina themselves lost their opening game against Saudi Arabia in the 2022 World Cup, and still went on to become champions.
Winners don’t always begin in the best way, but what matters is how you respond.
We take responsibility as a group.
Ronaldo takes responsibility as our captain, but we all know we can be better.
There is too much noise after one game, but inside this team, nothing changes.
We stick together.
We improve together.
And we fight together.
Because this Portugal team will never stop fighting, no matter what people say outside.”
{@talkSPORT }
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