Ronaldo Breaks Silence After Portugal’s Exit At the World Cup

Following Portugal’s loss against Morocco at the ongoing 2022 World Cup yesterday, football star, Cristiano Ronaldo has broken silence regarding the exit.

Ronaldo cut an emotional figure as he walked straight down the tunnel in tears after seeing his dream come to an end during what is undoubtedly going to be his final World Cup match.

While other teammates like Pepe and Bruno Fernandes criticized the referee and made an effort to accept the outcome, the 37-year-old remained silent to the media in the mixed zone.

Reacting to the loss, Ronaldo wrote on Instagram, “Winning a World Cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career. Fortunately I won many titles of international dimension, including Portugal, but putting our country’s name on the highest foot in the World was my biggest dream.

“I fought for it. I fought hard for this dream. In the 5 appearances I scored in World Cups over 16 years, always by the side of great players and supported by millions of Portuguese, I gave my all. Leave it all out on the field. I never turned my face to the fight and I never gave up on that dream.

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“Sadly yesterday the dream ended. It’s not worth reacting to heat. I just want you all to know that much has been said, much has been written, much has been speculated, but my dedication to Portugal has not changed not for a moment. I was always one fighting for the objective of all and I would never turn my back on my colleagues and my country.

“Not much more to say for now. Thank you Portugal. Thank you Qatar The dream was nice while it lasted… Now, it’s hoping that the weather will be good advisor and allow each one to draw their own conclusions.”

For the African continent, History was made as Morocco became the first African team to advance to the World Cup semifinals.

More so, this opened an additional two slots tickets for African countries in the next world cup scheduled, 2026, and a permanent nine slots.