0
Featured in Portugal’s 5-1 rout of Poland, on Friday, in the Nations League, star Cristiano Ronaldo stated that he hopes to continue enjoying every moment on the field, as long as he feels well, and leave retirement later. . Close to turning 40, the star of Al-Nassr, from Saudi Arabia, said he could hang up his boots in one or two years.
“(I’m) enjoying it. There will be planning for retirement, but in a year, two, I don’t know. That’s why I say, and I say it sincerely, that it’s about enjoying the moment. Being able to get up, go to training and play motivated. When I don’t feel that way, I’ll take a step forward and say ‘I can’t do it anymore, it was an excellent career’”, commented the striker after the match. “But I haven’t felt it yet,” he said.
In the match that confirmed his team’s qualification to the quarter-finals of the Nations League and the leadership of the group, the number 7 scored two goals, one of which was a volley, and also gave the pass for Pedro Neto to leave his mark. For the player, however, the great goal wasn’t that special.
“I’ve already scored some nice goals for the national team, so it’s difficult to say. It was a beautiful goal, but I don’t know if it was one of the most beautiful, honestly. I have to review it, see the degree of difficulty too, but I’m quite happy”, he analyzed. “On the penalty, I was a little undecided because I had made a mistake in the last game at Al-Nassr. And when that’s the case, the anxiety is a little greater. But the team played well and we are to be congratulated.”
With the goals scored against Poland, Cristiano Ronaldo reached the 910 mark, but the star made a point of minimizing the race for the 1,000th goal in his career, despite his desire. “If you ask me if I want to reach 1,000 goals, obviously it’s normal to want to, but I don’t think about it. It’s thinking game by game, in three months, I’ll be 40 years old, I have to take it easy. That’s what I’m doing, mainly, in the selection. I like playing here”, he commented.
