{"id":21382,"date":"2024-07-04T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=21382"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:38:08","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-cristiano-ronaldo-will-quit-after-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/sir-alex-ferguson-cristiano-ronaldo-will-quit-after-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson: Cristiano Ronaldo will quit after Euros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester United <\/a>legend Sir Alex Ferguson has made a bold claim stating that Cristiano Ronaldo will quit playing for Portugal after Euro 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronaldo has been in middling form with his team at the Euros, failing to score in open play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did score a goal in a penalty shootout victory over Slovenia in the last 16, but missed a penalty during full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t imagine that (he&#8217;ll play in 2026),\u201d Ferguson told SportBild in Germany, as per Metro.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFootball will become even faster and more athletic in the coming years. In addition, the space for central strikers will become increasingly smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn contrast to defenders, it is more difficult for strikers to play at the highest level when they are older.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne or two more titles would not mean much to him,\u201d Ferguson added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause he has had a unique career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson has made a bold claim stating that Cristiano Ronaldo will quit playing for Portugal after Euro 2024. Ronaldo has been in middling form with his team at the Euros, failing to score in open play. He did score a goal in a penalty shootout victory over Slovenia in the last 16, but missed a penalty during full-time. \u201cI can&#8217;t imagine that (he&#8217;ll play in 2026),\u201d Ferguson told SportBild in Germany, as per Metro.&nbsp; \u201cFootball will become even faster and more athletic in the coming years. In addition, the space for central strikers will become increasingly smaller. \u201cIn contrast to defenders, it is more difficult for strikers to play at the highest level when they are older.\u201d \u201cOne or two more titles would not mean much to him,\u201d Ferguson added.&nbsp; \u201cBecause he has had a unique career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Alex Ferguson: Cristiano Ronaldo will quit after Euros - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson has made some claims about Crisitiano Ronaldo retiring from playing for Portugal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/sir-alex-ferguson-cristiano-ronaldo-will-quit-after-euros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Alex Ferguson: Cristiano Ronaldo will quit after Euros - 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