๐จ Cristiano Ronaldo: โI played many years with Modriฤ, itโs great to see him still playing at top levelโ.
โI told him: congrats Luka, good luck for the future of your careerโ. ๐ต๐น๐ญ๐ท
๐จ Luka Modric:
โWe fought hard and gave it our best. Itโs so sad, and I think this might be my last World Cup. We played really well, but we were just unlucky. Ronaldo can now go on and win his World Cup. Nobody deserves it more than he does. Iโll be happy for him if he wins it.โ
๐จ Cristiano Ronaldo on being substituted before Goncalo Ramos winner:
๐ฃ๏ธ Reporter:
โCristiano, you were taken off before extra time and Goncalo Ramos came on to score the winner. Were you disappointed not to be on the pitch?โ
๐ฃ๏ธ Ronaldo:
โRoberto made the right decision. There was a good chance the game was going to extra time, and at that moment fresh legs were important. When Goncalo came on and scored, I was happy for him because that is why we are here.
Not for one player to win the World Cup. For Portugal to win it. If I score, we celebrate. If Goncalo scores, we celebrate. If someone from the bench comes in and changes the game, even better. That means we are a team.โ
๐จ BREAKING: Portugal vs Croatia has reportedly become the most-watched World Cup match so far, surpassing Brazil vs Japan with over 20 million concurrent viewers on YouTube.๐ต๐น๐ญ๐ท๐คฏ