Cristiano Ronaldo He became a Euro Cup legend after becoming the first player to play in six editions of the international competition.
And there will not be a seventh. This has been confessed by the captain of the Portuguese team himself, who confirmed that the German edition will be the last European national team competition in which he participates.
“This is without a doubt, my last Euro Cup. I am moved by everything that football means, the enthusiasm I have for the sport, for seeing my fans and my family, the love that people have for me,” he explained at the end of the round of 16 match in which Portugal They qualified for the next round in a penalty shootout.
And it is notable that the years have not passed in vain for one of the best players in the history of this sport. Cristiano could not score a goal in the group stage and he did not do so in the round of 16, something that had never happened before.
The only goal that CR7 has put in his personal statistics is the penalty taken in the final shootout against Slovenia, but that goal does not add up to the numbers. competition officials.
Cristiano, who played his first Euro Cup in the 2004 edition, lifted the title in the 2016 edition after defeating the French team by the smallest difference.
