Celtic of Vigo and al nassr they met in a friendly duel of preparation that was based at the Algarve stadium, located in Portugal; It ended with a resounding 5-0 victory for the Spanish team.
At the end of the meeting, Cristiano Ronaldo He stopped to give some statements and, among other things, made it clear that he will not return to European football: “To Europe I am clear that I will not play again, I want to play in Arabia, as I said…”.
Right after this, he was interrupted by a reporter, who questioned him if he was going to play Major League Soccer with Lionel Messiwho was recently presented by Inter Miami, to which CR7 responded emphatically:
“No, because in Arabia the championship is much better than in the United States.”
Saudi football has become a very ‘tempting’ place for professional footballers, and as a recent example is the Frenchman Karim Benzema, who decided to leave Real Madrid to embark on a new adventure in Arabia.
“I am 38 years old, European football has also lost a lot of quality… the only valid one is the Premier League, they are far ahead of all the other leagues”added Cristiano Ronaldo, top scorer in football history.
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Despite the defeat, CR7 showed that, at 38 years of age, he still has a lot of football to offer and proof of this was that he delighted all the fans who came together in the friendly match with a couple of dribbles worthy of his time at Manchester United, when it was precisely his greatest virtue.