"VAN" (Hemant Kumar Sharma - Sports Desk - 07.07.2026) :: If you want to know how to miss any biggest trophy of football world Cup trophy after a full time or life time carrier, meet - Christiano Ronaldo. If you want to know how to missed the stands on the top of FIFA World Cup's podium after a decade when you played for your country - meet - CR7. If you want to know how to miss enjoying like World Cup winning moments after a life long / whole life's football player carrier - please meet Portugal's "Heart Beat" of football.
The achievement which Ronaldo want to grab he is now out of the game without that. This is called life of a player or a normal person. Whatever you are, whoever you are, it's doesn't means that you can achieve anything or everything in your life.
This is the lesson from Christiano Ronaldo's life we need to remember always.
Mikel Merino's stoppage-time strike snatched Spain victory over Portugal at Dallas Stadium and a FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final place. Luis De La Fuente’s team will now head to Los Angeles Stadium to play the winners of USA-Belgium.
The first half was shot-high but goal-shy. Mikel Oyarzabal spurned Spain’s best chance, pulling his attempt wide after Dani Olmo sent him clean through, while Diogo Costa did brilliantly to tip Alex Baena’s curler round the post.
Cristiano Ronaldo threatened for Portugal, who came closest when Nuno Mendes’s deflected drive rattled the crossbar.
The sides were more cautious in the second period. On extra time’s cusp, however, two substitutes combined as Ferran Torres set up Merino to settle the contest with a powerful and precise low finish.
The final whistle seemingly marked the end of Ronaldo’s time on football’s biggest stage. “This will be my last World Cup,” he reiterated pre-match.
The 41-year-old hit 11 goals in 27 games and set multiple milestones, including becoming the first man to score in six editions.
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