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Ronaldo: Winning World Cup for Portugal my biggest dream

Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo, says winning the World Cup for his country was the biggest dream of his career.

Ronaldo said a lot has been said, written, and speculated about him, stressing that his dedication to Portugal has not changed not for a moment.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner said this via a post on his Facebook page on Sunday.

It would be recalled that Morocco dumped Portugal out of the World Cup on Saturday, defeating the former European champions 1-0 to make history as the first African country to reach a World Cup semi-final.

Reacting to the development, Ronaldo said he had fought hard to achieve that dream (winning World Cup) in all the five World Cups he appeared in and never at any point turned his face to the fight or gave up on the dream.

He, however, lamented that the dream of winning the most prestigious football trophy ended with Portugal’s defeat to Morocco on Saturday.

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The former Manchester United forward stated: “Winning a World Cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career.

“Fortunately I won many titles of international dimension, including Portugal, but putting our country’s name on the highest foot in the World was my biggest dream.

“I fought for it. I fought hard for this dream. In the 5 appearances I scored in World Cups over 16 years, always by the side of great players and supported by millions of Portuguese, I gave my all. Leave it all out on the field. I never turned my face to the fight and I never gave up on that dream.

“Sadly yesterday the dream ended It’s not worth reacting to heat. I just want you all to know that much has been said, much has been written, much has been speculated, but my dedication to Portugal has not changed not for a moment. I was always one fighting for the objective of all and I would never turn my back on my colleagues and my country.

“Not much more to say for now. Thank you Portugal. Thank you Qatar The dream was nice while it lasted… Now, it’s hoping that the weather will be good advisor and allow each one to draw their own conclusions,” Ronaldo said.

The Star

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