For a player that has won nearly everything on an individual and collective level, the one honour that agonisingly evades Cristiano Ronaldo is an worldwide trophy with Portugal.
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Portugal kicks off its Euro 2016 campaign against Iceland next week, but one famous Icelandic fan has a message for Ronaldo, Portugal’s star player.
Game Of Thrones actor and bodybuilder Hafthor Bjornsson has sent a video message to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Euro 2016.
The 31-year-old looked jaded during Real’s Champions League final win against Atletico Madrid in Milan, although he did score the decisive penalty in the shoot-out.
Iceland faced Portugal in qualifying for Euro 2012 before Lagerback took charge, with Ronaldo scoring in a 3-1 victory for his country in Reykjavik but being held scoreless as his team won the return game 5-3 in Oporto. “Messi is a good player, but winning the Champions League counts for a lot”.
In eight qualifying matches, Fernando Santos’ team scored just 11 goals in total and only four in their four home games.
Once we’re done with that it might be time to revisit “Winner Stays On” from the last World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro has always been destined for greatness. Austria and Hungary are also in the group.
Real Madrid are preparing for a Federation Internationale de Football Association transfer ban and a report says this summer could be as busy as 2009, when Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Cristiano Ronaldo joined.
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Ronaldo will probably get to play the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federation, but he will be 33 by then, possibly in decline.
