Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed he will "never turn his back" on his country or teammates despite storming off the pitch in floods of tears after his side were knocked out of the 2022 World Cup at the quarter-finals.
The 37-year-old's World Cup dream came crashing down on Saturday afternoon when Portugal were beaten 1-0 by Morocco, who continued their run of upsets to join France in the semi-finals, having already defeated Belgium and Spain earlier in the tournament.
Ronaldo, who was the only player in Qatar without a club after his contract was terminated by Manchester United, had never reached a World Cup final in his career and despite his goalscoring talents, had never scored in the knockout stages of any of the five tournaments he played in.
