Nov 13, 2024 07:49 AM IST
Cristiano Ronaldo asserted that he can be completely happy to attain the 1000-goal mark, but when not, he would already be the participant with probably the most objectives in historical past.
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that he’s at that time in his profession the place he cannot take into consideration any long-term aspirations. Ronaldo, who’s the very best goal-scorer in sports activities historical past, lately set a goal for himself to web 1000 objectives earlier than retirement. Nonetheless, he has now determined to not pile up the strain of expectations on himself and needs to reside within the second.
Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo is the primary participant to attain 900-plus objectives in skilled soccer.(REUTERS)
Ronaldo was lately awarded the very best accolade for a Portuguese participant, the Platinum Quinas, which he acquired by Portuguese Soccer Federation President Fernando Gomes in a gala occasion on Monday night time.
After receiving the distinguished award, Ronaldo mentioned his aspirations of scoring 1,000 objectives and asserted that he can be completely happy to attain them, but when not, he would already be the participant with probably the most objectives in historical past.
“I now face my life as living in the moment. I can’t think long term anymore. I said publicly that I wanted to reach 1,000 goals, but it seems that now everything is easy. Just last month, I reached 900. It’s about living in the moment, seeing how my legs will respond in the next few years. If I reach 1,000 goals, that’s fine, but if I don’t, I’m already the player with the most goals in history,” Ronaldo stated
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is the one participant to attain 900 skilled objectives, as his rival Lionel Messi lately accomplished his 850 and is lagging behind within the race. Ronaldo moved to the Saudi Professional League within the winter switch window of 2022 and has been breaking goal-scoring data there since then; nonetheless, he has not but received a title with Al Nassr. He was the main goal-scorer within the league final season however has began a bit sluggish this season and has netted 6 objectives so far.
Not too long ago, Ronaldo helped hearth Al Nassr to a crushing 5-1 victory towards reigning Asian champions Al Ain within the AFC Champions League Elite on Tuesday.
The Portuguese star, with out a objective in his previous three appearances for the Saudi Arabian facet, netted the second of the hosts’ objectives at Al Awwal Park in Riyadh.
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