Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal defeated Spain to win the UEFA Nations League for the second time. The match between them went down to the wire and ended 2-2 after a play of 120 minutes.
Portugal won the penalty shootout 5-3 to emerge victorious. Ronaldo got emotional after the win and was in tears. This was Ronaldo’s 36th career trophy. Ronaldo took to X to share a post following Portugal’s win. His one-word post quickly went viral and has nearly 24 million views. “É NOSSA!!!!!!” he wrote on X.
Following the win, Ronaldo said that there is nothing better than winning a title for Portugal. “I have many titles with my clubs, but nothing is better than winning for Portugal. These are tears. It’s mission accomplished and so much joy,” he said.”What a joy. First of all for this generation, which deserved a title of this magnitude, for our families. My children came here, my wife, my brother, my friends.”Ronaldo revealed that he has a niggle but he is ready to break his leg for the national team. “I had already felt it during the warmup, I had been feeling it for some time, but for the national team, if I had to break my leg, I would have broken it,” Ronaldo said. “It’s for a trophy, I had to play and I gave it my all. It’s for our nation. We are a small people, but with a very big ambition. The future is short term. Now is the time to rest well. I had the injury and that was the maximum, the maximum,” Ronaldo said.”You know how old I am already. Obviously, I’m closer to the end than I was at the beginning, but I have to enjoy every moment. If I don’t get seriously injured, I’ll keep going,” Ronaldo said on his future.