The World Cup in Qatar was last chance for Ronaldo. The Portuguese star could not do his best in the Qatar World Cup. Portugal had to leave in the last eight on Morocco's last night. They lost 1-0 in the quarter finals. This famous Portuguese star is now 37 years old. probably he may not get the chance to play in the next World Cup. Because he will be 41 years old in 2026 World Cup. In this World Cup, it has been seen that Ronaldo has fallen a lot under the weight of age. Considering that, Qatar can be considered the last World Cup of Ronaldo's career. At the end, against Switzerland in the sixteenth match and against Morocco in the last eight match, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos did not keep him in the starting eleven. The world may never see this legendary player again in the World Cup.
This World Cup was the last chance for many great players like Neymar, Ronaldo or Messi. Only Messi is still in the game for the world title.
Frankly, Ronaldo has not been playing at a high level for a long time and his influence on the Portuguese team was destructive.
Portugal played its best game in the round of 16 when Ronaldo did not play from the start.
After that match, Ronaldo was the first to leave the stadium and did not celebrate the great victory with his teammates, and allegedly before the match he threatened to leave the world football championship if he did not play from the start.
Because of all these tensions with Ronaldo, there were problems in the team and there was more talk about Ronaldo than about the next match with Morocco.
I'm sorry to say it, but I think that Ronaldo is the biggest culprit for the defeat of Portugal in the quarter-finals, because of his selfishness and the destruction of the unity of the team before the most important game of a great generation.