It has been a longtime ambition of mine to contribute to football, beyond the pitch. The Al-Nassr and Portugal captain, who is now an active player and co-owner, said in a statement on Thursday morning, as per the Daily Mail.
the institutions that govern European football, those who appeal to the integrity of the competition, who put pressure on referees and rulers,
They're playing on a different planet. We can give our best and do whatever we can, but when Spain plays the way they know how, we have to accept it. They play a different kind of football, at a very high level. We could talk about Spain all night long. What we saw is the consequence of what Spanish football has done in the last twenty or twenty-five years.
