If João Neves, Rafael Leão, Diogo Dalot, João Palhinha or Rúben Dias shared the publication by FIFA and the Portuguese Football Federation that reported on the national achievement, Vitinha and CR7 went further.
Cristiano Ronaldo called the ‘giants’ who won the under-17 world title for Portugal this Thursday, with the captain being one of several Portuguese ‘AA’ internationals who praised the young footballers’ unprecedented achievement.
“Giants. Congratulations, world champions”, wrote the 40-year-old striker on his social networks.
If João Neves, Rafael Leão, Diogo Dalot, João Palhinha or Rúben Dias shared the publication by FIFA and the Portuguese Football Federation that reported on the national achievement, Vitinha went further: “The future is yours”, he wrote.
“Congratulations, boys. Proud of Portugal”, added the midfielder, who on Wednesday was in the spotlight in Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Tottenham (5-3), in the Champions League, by scoring the first hat-trick of his career.
Portugal wins the first World Cup in the category
Bruno Fernandes, in turn, published a video of the celebrations of young Portuguese people, thanking “the world champions”.
Current European champions, the Portuguese team had already secured the best participation ever in the competition, surpassing third place in 1989, then played at the under-16 level, with current coach Bino Maçães in the Portuguese squad.
This is the third world champion title won by Portugal, after the triumphs in the under-20 World Cups, in 1989, in Saudi Arabia, and 1991, in Portugal, in both cases under the guidance of Carlos Queiroz.
