{"id":62448,"date":"2025-06-09T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=62448"},"modified":"2025-06-09T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:17:02","slug":"were-a-small-nations-with-big-ambitions-cristiano-ronaldo-after-portugal-wins-2025-uefa-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/were-a-small-nations-with-big-ambitions-cristiano-ronaldo-after-portugal-wins-2025-uefa-nations-league\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re a Small Nation With Big Ambitions\u2019 &#8211; Cristiano Ronaldo After Portugal Wins 2025 UEFA Nations League\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal beat Spain 5-3 on penalties after the 2-2 draw to win the UEFA Nations League 2025. Cristiano Ronaldo who scored the equaliser in the second half lifted Portugal&rsquo;s and his third major international trophy.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Coming from a small town in Portugal, Ronaldo reflected on the new generations and his country in an emotional interview. The 40-year-old who scored his 938th professional goal has records chasing him as he once quoted. Winning three finals out of the three Portugal has appeared in, Ronaldo addressed it as a special day and a special feeling.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Cristiano Ronaldo longevity is insane &#128557; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ltzlxb4NJ\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/3ltzlxb4NJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Janty (@CFC_Janty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFC_Janty\/status\/1931833413327024164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo Speaks on Joy and Pride in Winning for Portugal<\/strong><\/h2><p>Ronaldo is one of the most decorated football players of all time. Winning the Champions League five times and five Ballon d&rsquo;Or during his Real Madrid, the 40-year-old had to wait till 2016 for his first International trophy.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Talking about how among the many won titles, nothing compares to winning for Portugal, Ronaldo in his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fabian_manu1999\/status\/1931840149949710772?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>post-match interview<\/a>&nbsp;said:&nbsp;<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>&ldquo;A great joy. Firstly, for this generation, who deserved a title. For the families, my family was here&hellip; Winning for Portugal is very special. I have many titles, but nothing compares to winning for Portugal.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><p>Holding the tears of joy, Ronaldo also addressed the ambitions of Portugal as a nation. Calling it a special day, the Al-Nassr striker continued,&nbsp;<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>&ldquo;The tears and the sense of duty&hellip; it&rsquo;s beautiful. We&rsquo;re a small nation with big ambition. Being captain of this generation is an honour.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy. It&rsquo;s a special day. I have to say thank you to all of them. They made my day. They made my night, let&rsquo;s say it that way.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><p>Portugal didn&rsquo;t reach a major tournament final in history till 2004. Appearing and winning <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/portugal-record-in-finals-trophies-won-finals-lost-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>three major finals<\/a> over the past decade, it is safe to say the European nation has come a long way.&nbsp;<\/p><p>After he denies appearing in the Club World Cup 2025, Ronaldo extending his contract with Al-Nassr is most likely. Scoring over 30 goals for two consecutive seasons, the 40-year-old will go again next season in the Saudi Pro League as he chases the 1000 senior goals mark.<\/p><p>Ronaldo and Portugal will also <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/portugal-fixtures-in-june-2025-chasing-nations-league-glory-and-world-cup-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>kick off their UEFA World Cup Qualifiers<\/a> campaign in September as they join Group F. Scoring his 138th goal for his country, Ronaldo is also close to becoming the first player to score 150 International goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronaldo\u2019s Emotional Reaction to Portugal\u2019s Triumph in the 2025 UEFA Nations League Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":62451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[796,4778,4775],"class_list":["post-62448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-portugal","tag-uefa-nations-league"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&lsquo;We&rsquo;re a Small Nation With Big Ambitions&rsquo; 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