Cristiano Ronaldo mentioned the timeline round his potential retirement after setting a brand new document for many worldwide wins in males’s soccer on Friday.
Portugal thrashed Poland 5-1 with their talisman scoring twice, together with an acrobatic bicycle kick, to seal a UEFA Nations League quarterfinals spot for the Iberian nation.
It marked Ronaldo’s 132nd win in internationals, transferring him previous his former Actual Madrid teammate Sergio Ramos, who racked up 131 with Spain.
Chatting with reporters after the sport, the 39-year-old Ronaldo insisted his focus stays on having fun with his soccer regardless of the looming spectre of retirement.
“I simply wish to take pleasure in [myself],” he mentioned. “Plan for retirement? if it has to occur, in a single or two years … I do not know. I am turning 40 quickly.
“I actually wish to take pleasure in, so long as I really feel motivated I maintain going. The day I do not really feel motivated, I’ll retire.”
Ronaldo added that he has no intention to enter teaching when he does ultimately cling up his boots.
“I do not see myself managing a group; that is not in my plans,” he mentioned. “My future lies in different areas exterior of soccer, though time will inform what occurs.”
Portugal tackle Croatia of their closing Nations League group recreation on Monday, although Ronaldo was launched from the squad early and can return to Al Nassr.