“Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player of all time”

Turkish ahead Burak Yilmaz has referred to as Cristiano Ronaldo the best participant of all time forward of their World Cup Qualifier playoff towards Portugal.

Regardless of his mutual respect for the Portuguese ahead, Yilmaz is determined to qualify for the Qatar World Cup at Ronaldo’s expense. Chatting with the press forward of their sport towards Portugal (by way of Sporx’s Twitter page), Burak Yilmaz mentioned:

“For me, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best participant of all time on this planet. I respect and love him very a lot. I do not know if it is his final World Cup, however I am certain it will likely be my final. I need to exit on the sphere and do my greatest to assist my nation.”

Each Portugal and Turkey completed second of their respective qualifying teams, which has seen them drop into the playoffs to qualify for the World Cup. The winner of this tie will face both Italy or North Macedonia to e book a spot on this yr’s showpiece event in Qatar.

This could possibly be Cristiano Ronaldo’s final alternative to win the World Cup with Portugal. The 37-year-old ahead has been to the World Cup 4 instances in his profession however solely completed at a excessive of fourth place again in 2006.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored six targets within the qualification group part, together with a hat-trick towards Luxembourg earlier within the marketing campaign.

Nonetheless, it’s price noting that Cristiano Ronaldo is but to attain a aim towards Turkey on the worldwide stage. The Manchester United ahead has confronted Turkey twice in his profession and is at the moment goalless.

Portugal have a squad able to qualifying for the World Cup and doing effectively in Qatar. The likes of Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Jota, Bernardo Silva and Joao Felix are all huge names who’re additionally performing effectively at membership degree.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is at the moment Manchester United’s main goalscorer this season

Cristiano Ronaldo comes into the semifinals of the World Cup Qualifiers on the again of some respectable membership type. The 37-year-old ahead has scored 18 targets and supplied three assists in 32 appearances for Manchester United this season.

Ronaldo is at the moment the the Pink Devis’ main goalscorer this season. He’s 9 targets away from second-placed and fellow Portuguese Bruno Fernandes.

Ronaldo is the main goalscorer for his membership regardless of having a barren run in entrance of aim on the flip of the yr. The Portuguese ahead had a spell of 10 video games the place he scored simply as soon as for Manchester United.

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