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‘I won’t play’ – Cristiano Ronaldo makes Portugal ‘win’ admission as all-time great claims to have had ‘50,000 bad games’

<p>At 40 years of age, five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo continues to put himself in contention for selection by club and country. Goals have continued to flow for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr, with the plan being to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-final-career-goals-man-utd-coach-cr7-objectives-lebron-james-target-involving-portuguese-goat-son/blt9b4b88b27269a562" target="_blank">reach 1,000 in total before any thought is given to hanging up record-setting boots</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Questions have been <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-retire-when-lionel-messi-stops-40-year-old-portuguese-goat-tarnishing-legacy-warning/bltafaee6de4ff5ba83" target="_blank">asked of whether he should still be a regular starter for Portugal</a>, despite having 218 caps to his name, but Roberto Martinez continues to lean heavily on the vast experience of a man that has seen and achieved it all.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Ronaldo will give his all whenever called upon, but insists he would happily stand aside if it meant that Portugal would fare better as a collective. He has said: “If I don't score and someone else scores, it's all the same to me. If Portugal has to win and I don't play, I'll sign my name right now, tell the coach and I won't play. I'll defend these colours until the death.”</p>

WHAT CRISTIANO RONALDO SAID

<p>Ronaldo is aware that fluctuations in form will always lead to dissenting voices, with more of those emerging on the back of a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/man-utd-rasmus-hojlund-why-copied-cristiano-ronaldo-siu-goal-celebration-portugal-denmark-nations-league/blt2dc9c46d6346e8e3" target="_blank">1-0 UEFA Nations League defeat to Denmark</a>. He has said ahead of the second leg in that quarter-final contest: “We can't always play well, things don't work out sometimes. I've played 50 thousand bad games, and so have my team-mates. All of that is part of it, the past is the past, it's about uniting the troops and being positive.”</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>CR7 will be back in familiar surroundings on Sunday when <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-defiant-message-portugal-nations-league-defeat-denmark-cr7-trophy-bid/blt55c6b8b0a36bd522" target="_blank">Portugal attempt to keep their hopes of Nations League glory alive</a>. They will be facing Denmark at Estadio Jose Alvalade, the home of Sporting – Ronaldo’s boyhood club.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

‘I won’t play’ – Cristiano Ronaldo makes Portugal ‘win’ admission as all-time great claims to have had ‘50,000 bad games’ | Goal.com

Cristiano Ronaldo says “I won’t play” if it means guaranteeing Portugal a win, with the all-time great claiming to have had “50,000 bad games”.