Cristiano Ronaldo, the main target of criticism in Italy after the elimination of Juventus in the round of 16 of the Champions League, broke his silence on Saturday to ensure that "real champions never break".
"More important than the number of falls you experience in life is how quickly and with what force you get up," the Portuguese star wrote in an English message to her nearly 270 million Instagram followers. .
"We are already focused on Cagliari (Sunday) in the battle in Serie A, on the Italian Cup final (in May against Atalanta, Editor's note) and all that we can still achieve this season", continues CR7 , at the top of the Italian Championship scorers ranking (20 goals).
“History cannot be erased, it is written every day with resilience, team spirit and hard work.
Those who do not understand it will never have fame and success ”
“History cannot be erased, it is written every day with resilience, team spirit and hard work.
Those who do not understand it will never have the glory and the success ”, concludes Ronaldo, in what looks like a response to the criticisms which he was the target in the aftermath of the elimination of Juve against FC Porto on Tuesday.
Juve suffered their third premature elimination (Ajax Amsterdam in quarterfinals in 2019, Lyon in eighth in 2020) for the Portuguese's third season in bianconero, raising questions about his future while he is under contract until 2022.
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His coach Andrea Pirlo took his defense at a press conference on the eve of the match in Cagliari, counting for the 27th day of Serie A. “It is normal that there are rumors because it 'is the most important character in world football with Messi, but let us remember that he has always been good, scoring more than 90 goals (92 in 121 games since his arrival in 2018, in all competitions, Editor's note) ", Pirlo pointed out.
"He is disappointed, like the whole team, but he is doing well, he recovered to play" Sunday, added the coach.
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