“I have no explanation for this long period,” said Vitinha, the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, about his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of the Al-Nasr club and the Portugal national team, and who continued mainly with the national team despite his old age, praising Ronaldo’s fight to maintain his position. In the ranks of his country.
Ronaldo’s position on participating in the 2026 World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, is still a big mystery, in light of the player’s advanced age, and everyone is waiting to reveal the date of his retirement, while Cristiano continues to fight, as he dreams of achieving a historic achievement in the world of football, Reaching the dream of 1000 goals.
While everyone expected him to retire internationally, whether after the 2022 World Cup or his disastrous performance in Euro 2024, Vitinha confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will not give up, and that he is confident about the Al-Nasr captain continuing and participating in the next World Cup, in light of Ronaldo maintaining his physical fitness.
Vitinha added, via the RMC Rothen s’enflamme podcast, that he has no explanation for Ronaldo continuing for such a long time with the Portuguese national team, despite reaching the age of 39, adding, “I imagine it is the professionalism he enjoys in everything he does, in the morning and evening, and every day of the day.” His career, this is unbelievable. I can imagine the efforts and sacrifices he has made, and I think that is what has kept him in this state at the age of 39. It is a privilege for me. When we were young, we dreamed of playing with him one day, and this is happening now, fortunately. “I have a few years to enjoy playing with him in the national team, of course he will be in the 2026 World Cup, and he will not give up.”
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 907 goals in his football career, with various clubs and the Portuguese national team, and despite his disastrous performance in the 2024 European Nations Cup, and not scoring any goals during the edition for the first time, Cristiano – on the contrary – is providing an outstanding performance with his country in the European Championship. European Nations, where he managed to score 3 goals in 3 different matches against Croatia, Scotland and Poland, in the first group.
Ronaldo had participated with the Portugal national team in the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals, while his last participation saw the team reach the quarter-finals, before losing to Morocco with a clean goal scored by Youssef En-Nesyri, bidding farewell to Cristiano and his teammates.
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