Ronaldo mocks critics after his historic double… and comments on Messi’s goals

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has issued a stern message to his critics after Portugal’s 2026 World Cup win over Uzbekistan, stressing that he has gotten used to the criticism that has dogged him for more than two decades.

The Portugal captain scored two goals in this match, leading his country to a wide victory. He also became the first player in football history to score goals in 6 different editions of the World Cup.

He also became Portugal’s all-time leading scorer at the World Cup with his tenth goal.

Ronaldo was more satisfied with the team’s collective performance than celebrating his individual achievement, stressing that the most important goal is to qualify for the next round.

After the meeting, Ronaldo said in the press statements reported by the newspaper.come on“Spanish. It’s always nice to break records, but my real goal is to help the national team achieve its goals. Our goal at this stage was to qualify and I think we achieved that after collecting four points.”

An ironic response to critics

The striker of Saudi Al-Nasr spoke about the criticism he received after the draw in the first match, stressing that it no longer affects him.

“Always… it’s been going on for 23 years,” he said.

He continued. “We improved a lot from one game to the next. Life is always like this, the important thing is to keep improving. We had a very difficult week and the criticism was very harsh on all of us, especially on me and the coach.”

“But if everything remains like that, then there is no problem, because I have been engaged in this profession for 23 years. When things go well, they say Cristiano is great, and when things go bad, they say he’s a retired player and that he’s always aged.”

“But we gave the right answer, me and my teammates. We played well, we were organized and we pushed forward. When Portugal play like this, it becomes very difficult to stop them and it is no coincidence that we scored five goals. It’s not easy to score so many goals in modern football, so I’m very happy.”

“Today Cristiano qualified for the World Cup”

Ronaldo believed that the Uzbekistan game witnessed his true performance in the tournament, following the criticism he received after the opening match.

“Today Cristiano proved that he has reached the World Cup and that Portugal has also arrived. When we don’t play well or we don’t win, we are always attacked, especially me, but like I said before, I got used to it and I keep playing.”

Ronaldo ignores Messi comparison

When the captain of the Portugal national team answered the question about the goals of the Argentine star Lionel Messi in the tournament, he said: “I don’t care what Messi does.”

Messi scored 5 goals in Algeria-Austria matches in Group 10 and became the top scorer of the current season and also the all-time top scorer of the tournament with 18 goals.

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Behind the scenes of Nuno Mendes’ goal

Ronaldo revealed the details of the goal scored by his teammate Nuno Mendes from a direct free kick.

He explained. “I was going to take the free-kick but I said to Nuno, let’s fool the goalkeeper, he’ll think I’m going to score, hit the ball hard and it’ll be a goal.”

“Before the game, I told the players that we have to stay united from the beginning to the end. What we can control is what happens on the field, but what comes from outside is difficult to control. Today the other players scored and that was the goal. Today I was the best on the field and tomorrow it could be another player.