{"id":189678,"date":"2024-06-13T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/13\/ronaldo-39-playing-euro-2024-a-gift\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:52:47","slug":"ronaldo-39-playing-euro-2024-a-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/13\/ronaldo-39-playing-euro-2024-a-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo, 39, Playing Euro 2024, &#8216;A Gift&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Portugal Nationa Football Team Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has called the national team \u201cthe love of his life,\u201d and considers it \u201ca gift\u201d to still be playing at the highest level, aged 39.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo warmed up for his record-extending sixth European Championship by scoring twice in Tuesday\u2019s 3-0 triumph over the Republic of Ireland to increase his international men\u2019s record goal tally to 130.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I don\u2019t have many years of football left,\u201d Ronaldo said. \u201cIt\u2019s a gift to play year after year, after 35. I\u2019m 39 and every year is about enjoying (myself). To score for the national team is special. The national team is the love of my life, winning the Euros would be a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star has represented Portugal since 2003 and lifted the European Championship in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, playing for the national team is a passion, a love,\u201d he said. \u201cAny game is special, a European Championship is special; it will be my sixth, which is also a record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying in 2004, when I made my (European Championship) debut, or playing today, the feeling is always of pride and passion. It doesn\u2019t get any better than this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal coach, Roberto Martinez, recently described Ronaldo as \u201cunique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing out on silverware this season, Ronaldo scored a Saudi Pro League record 35 goals for Al Nassr in his first full campaign at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is that I am well physically and psychologically,\u201d Ronaldo said. \u201cI am prepared, I always prepare in the best way, I am 100% professional. I will be ready as always to help our country (at the Euros) and respect the coach\u2019s decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo did not start in Portugal\u2019s last two games at the 2022 World Cup, including their 1-0 defeat to Morocco in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The benching, according to then Portugal Coach, Fernando Santos, was not well received by the player.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo will represent Portugal at a record-extending sixth European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal, now under Martinez, is among the favourites to win Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo \u00a0 Portugal Nationa Football Team Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has called the national team \u201cthe love of his life,\u201d and considers it \u201ca gift\u201d to still be playing at the highest level, aged 39. Ronaldo warmed up for his record-extending sixth European Championship by scoring twice in Tuesday\u2019s 3-0 triumph over the Republic of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ronaldo, 39, Playing Euro 2024, &#039;A Gift&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/13\/ronaldo-39-playing-euro-2024-a-gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ronaldo, 39, Playing Euro 2024, &#039;A Gift&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cristiano Ronaldo \u00a0 Portugal Nationa Football Team Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has called the national team \u201cthe love of his life,\u201d and considers it \u201ca gift\u201d to still be playing at the highest level, aged 39. 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