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Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is brimming with optimism ahead of their game against Ghana on Thursday.<\/p>\n Notwithstanding his side\u2019s huge potential, the Manchester United \u2018outcast\u2019 has admitted Ghana is the toughest opponent in Group H.<\/p>\n He said in an interview that, \u201cI believe we have enormous potential. I believe [we can win] and I have that feeling, but we have to start well with Ghana, which is the hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n Ronaldo also said he had nothing to prove by winning the World Cup as he had \u201cnothing missing in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had to prove something at 37 years and eight months [old]\u2026 After what I\u2019ve already done and won, it would be a surprise for me,\u201d Ronaldo added.<\/p>\n \u201cI am an ambitious player. I would love to win this World Cup. It would be magical, it would be spectacular, a dream.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud of what I\u2019ve achieved so far\u2026 Thanks to God, I have nothing missing in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Real Madrid man has defended the timing of his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan and told journalists to stop asking his\u00a0Portugal\u00a0teammates about him.<\/p>\n Speaking publicly for the first time since the interview, Ronaldo said he did not regret the timing despite the fallout overshadowing Portugal\u2019s preparations for the World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n Sources have told ESPN that\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0are seeking to terminate the 37-year-old\u2019s contract following his criticism of the club and manager Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n \u201cTiming is always timing,\u201d Ronaldo said at a news conference at the Al Shahaniya Sports Club. \u201cFrom your side it is easy to look at how we can choose timings. Sometimes you write truths, sometimes you write lies. I don\u2019t have to worry what others think. I talk when I want to. Everybody knows who I am, what I believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cristiano Ronaldo \u00a0 Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is brimming with optimism ahead of their game against Ghana on Thursday. Notwithstanding his side\u2019s huge potential, the Manchester United \u2018outcast\u2019 has admitted Ghana is the toughest opponent in Group H. He said in an interview that, \u201cI believe we have enormous potential. I believe [we can win] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1255658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1321,250,3914,2298],"class_list":["post-1255654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-admits","tag-ghanas","tag-quality","tag-ronaldo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}