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Portugal coach Roberto Martínez was noncommittal when requested about Cristiano Ronaldo’s future with the nationwide group following a Euro 2024 quarterfinal loss in opposition to France on Friday.
“It is too quickly and uncooked after the match to speak about that and there have been no particular person selections made,” Martínez mentioned, per ESPN.
Portugal was defeated in penalties by France, though Ronaldo transformed his penalty after narrowly lacking an opportunity to win the competition in further time.
The five-time Ballon d’Or award-winner has now gone 9 video games with no aim for Portugal, recording one help in his 5 Euro 2024 matches with out scoring. It represented the primary main worldwide event of Ronaldo’s profession that he didn’t document a aim.
The 39-year-old confirmed that 2024 could be his final Euro look after beforehand profitable the event in 2016.
“Unquestionably it is the final Euro [for me], after all it’s,” Ronaldo mentioned, by way of ESPN. “However I am not emotional about that. I am moved by the whole lot that soccer entails, by the keenness I’ve for the sport, the keenness I see within the followers, having my household right here, individuals’s ardour … it is not about leaving the world of soccer. What else is there for me to do or win?”
If his legendary profession with Portugal does come to an finish, his 130 targets nonetheless stand because the all-time worldwide document. His subsequent main alternative to swimsuit up for the nationwide group would be the 2026 FIFA World Cup, when Ronaldo shall be 41 years outdated.