🚨🗣️ Joao Felix:
“In the first match they were putting the blame on Cristiano, but if he doesn’t receive balls inside the penalty area, what can he do?
He is the best player inside the box. You have to give him chances there to score.
Today he had chances and scored two goals.
We have to create chances for him inside the box.
And most importantly, we created many chances, unlike the first match where we didn’t create many.”
🚨 AS IT STANDS, Portugal will face PARAGUAY in the RO32!
If they beat Paraguay, they will face Canada/Belgium in the RO16.
If they beat Canada/Belgium, they will face Argentina/Uruguay/Australia/Iran in the quarter-finals.
A 41-year-old and a 38-year-old are really keeping up with the stars of the new generation 🤯
In the past 24 hours, both 38-year-old Lionel Messi and 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑬, just like Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland did as well ⚽⚽
All four of them became Superior Players of the Match 👑
This World Cup, all the big names are living up to their reputation 🤩
@TouchlineX I literally predicted that goal by Mendes 💀 I told my father Mendes going to shoot, the goalkeeper can't see him and he is focust on Ronaldo.
🚨🇵🇹 Cristiano: “I know that whoever works hard, God helps him. It was a tough week, a dark one, it started as if I had retired from football”.
But I held on as I always hold on because I believe in work more than football. It was tough, I have to admit, but we came back”.
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on Cristiano Ronaldo's performance against Uzbekistan:
"A few days ago, everyone was saying Ronaldo is finished."
"Today, the same people are silent." 👀
"This is football. One bad game and people forget everything you've done. One good game and suddenly they remember who you are."
"Cristiano Ronaldo has spent twenty years proving people wrong. Why are we acting surprised now?"
"Against DR Congo, people questioned him. They questioned his place in the team. Some even wanted him on the bench."
"Then he walks onto the pitch against Uzbekistan and reminds everyone why his name is Cristiano Ronaldo."
"A goal early in the game. Confidence. Movement. Leadership."
"At 41 years old, he is still carrying the pressure of an entire nation."
"Do you know how difficult that is?"
"Most players are retired by that age. Ronaldo is still scoring at the World Cup." �
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"People compare him to younger players. That's unfair."
"The real question is why younger players still have to be compared to him."
"You don't have to love Ronaldo. You don't even have to think he's the greatest."
"But you must respect him."
"Because football may never see another player with this level of longevity, ambition and obsession."
🔥🇵🇹
"Last week they said he was finished."
"This week he's scoring again."
"That's the story of Cristiano Ronaldo's entire career." ⚽🐐
🚨 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐒𝐎 🤯
From 2006 to 2026. 𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝑯𝑨𝑺 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑴𝑨𝑫𝑬.
🇩🇪 2006 World Cup ⚽✔️
🇿🇦 2010 World Cup ⚽✔️
🇧🇷 2014 World Cup ⚽✔️
🇷🇺 2018 World Cup ⚽✔️
🇶🇦 2022 World Cup ⚽✔️
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 2026 World Cup ⚽✔️
Six World Cups. Six tournaments with a goal. An achievement 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗘 in football history has ever reached on the world’s biggest stage. 🌎✨
His first World Cup goal came when he was 21. Now, 20 years later at the age of 41 (!), he is still doing it. The longevity is 𝙄𝙉𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙀. 🤯
𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬. 👑