IN an obvious reply to Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, who mocked him over his tears after the missed penalty in the Euro last-16 clash against Slovenia, Cristiano Ronaldo has said he was not retiring based on criticism.
“People always take the worst part, not always the good part. But I’m not going to finish my career because two rats criticise me,” Cristiano Ronaldo has told Rio Ferdinand.
“The world loves me, the fans love me. This is my motivation to carry on playing football. People love me. No one is going to take my shine away because two people from TV that nobody knows criticise me.
“I give everything, I have given my body for 25 years to football … I know that for two or three more years, I can produce something good, but after that, I don’t even want to think about that. You think I am going to cry [when I retire] with everything I have in my life? Well, maybe a little bit!” the Portuguese concluded.
The night the Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia pro league player lost the penalty, Lineker compared the 39-year-old to a ‘frustrated schoolboy’ while Shearer claimed the Portuguese has an ‘inflated ego’.
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