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‘I go with a clear conscience’: Cristiano Ronaldo confirms he has played his last World Cup game

Cristiano Ronaldo is overcome by emotion after Portugal’s World Cup last-16 defeat to Spain.
Cristiano Ronaldo is overcome by emotion after Portugal’s World Cup last-16 defeat by Spain. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Getty Images/Allstar

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he has played his last World Cup game, but said that even at 41 he has not yet made a decision about his future.

Twenty-three years after making his debut, the Portugal captain’s 233rd game for his national team ended in a late 1-0 defeat against Spain that led to elimination in Dallas. He departs as the only man to have scored at six World Cups and he said he does so at peace, claiming that Portugal’s European Championship win in 2016 was as big as a world title and noting that his era has been the most successful in the country’s history.

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