In 2024, before Euro 2024, star Cristiano Ronaldo shared comments about the difficulty of winning titles with the Portuguese team, compared to other top teams such as Brazil, Argentina, France or Germany.
Ronaldo, who has been with the Portuguese team for the past 19 years, said: “Winning a title with Portugal, is much more difficult than winning a title with Brazil, Argentina, France or Germany.” . He explained that, although Portugal is a football powerhouse, the player base is not too different from other opponents.
Throughout his international career, Ronaldo helped Portugal win the Euro 2016 and Nations League 2019 championships. However, he also admitted that maintaining success at the top of international football is very difficult. difficult, requiring constant efforts.
“We have to fight very fiercely to be able to stand at the top. Each tournament has extremely fierce competitors, the world’s top teams always want to win,” Ronaldo emphasized.
In addition, the 39-year-old star also frankly shared about the difficulties he and his teammates faced when competing with teams with significantly more players. “We don’t have as many quality players as other teams, so we have to work very hard, unite and take full advantage of our advantages,” Ronaldo expressed.
However, Ronaldo still appears confident in the Portuguese team’s abilities, and believes that they will continue to fight hard to win major titles in the future. He affirmed: “We will do our best to continue writing glorious pages of history for Portuguese football.”