In less than a month, Cristiano Ronaldo turns 36 years old. However, there are no signs of him hanging up his shoes in the near future. Brazilian football legend, Ronaldo Nazario de Lima, believes that CR7 can play until the age of 40.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s professional career has been initiated since 2003 with Sporting Lisbon. Not long ago, he was hijacked by Manchester United. After six years in the Old Trafford Stadium, the Portuguese footballer left for Real Madrid.
Now, Cristiano Ronaldo has continued to show his stardom with Juventus since 2018. There are no signs of the slightest decline in goal productivity. There are various records that continue to be broken with the Old Lady and the Portuguese National Team.
The former Real Madrid striker, Ronaldo, is pretty sure that Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to play into his 40s. This is because the Funchal-born footballer is now playing a different role. Not to mention, the way he takes care of himself is truly commendable.
“I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure he will keep trying (playing for 40 years). He is now incarnated as a different player when I saw him at Real Madrid before. Now, he understands more about himself, “said Ronaldo Nazario de Lima, quoted from Goal, Sunday (17/1/2021).
“You saw how he played against Sassuolo? Even if he was only in the shadow of other players throughout the match, he could injure his opponent in just one minute, “said the owner of the club Real Valladolid.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s style of play since wearing Juventus is different. Now, the 35-year-old footballer spends more time in the opponent’s penalty box. Ronaldo is now smarter to smell opportunities then finish them with accurate shots.
Not surprisingly, he has packed 84 goals in 107 appearances for Juventus. Indeed, this figure is still far from his contribution to Real Madrid, which is 450 goals in just 438 games.
However, that additional 84 goals saw Cristiano Ronaldo match Josef Bican’s all-time goalscoring record. The two sharp strikers have scored 759 goals for club and country. Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal score is very likely to increase considering that he is still actively playing.
In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo has the opportunity to become the footballer with the most goals of all time on Monday, January 18, 2021 WIB. The condition is that the player with the number 7 back contributes at least one goal against Inter Milan.
