Cristiano Ronaldo posted a curious status on Instagram before returning to Portugal to prepare for EURO 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo ended his unsuccessful season with Al-Nassr after losing to Al-Hilal in the King’s Cup final on June 1. Instead of joining forces immediately like many teammates, CR7 was given an extra week off by coach Roberto Martinez to recover his physical strength.

After 4 days off with his family, Ronaldo boarded a private flight back home to prepare for EURO 2024. Before leaving for Portugal, CR7 posted a curious message.

Ronaldo set out to join the army

The message, posted on Instagram, shows a piece of paper that reads: “3 aspects of reality: Pаin, uncertainty, constant work” and above it is a love heart added by Ronaldo enter.

Just 4 days ago, Ronaldo cried like crаzy in the King’s Cup final loss to Al-Hilal. This match ended Ronaldo’s completely failed season at Al-Nassr. In the 2023-24 campaign, Al-Nassr was left empty-handed because of losses in 4 arenas: AFC Champions League, Saudi Suρer Cup, Saudi Arabia National Championship and King’s Cup.

The only title Ronaldo has won with Al-Nassr since coming to the Saudi Arabia team is the friendly championship of the Arab Club Champions Cup before the 2023-24 season.

Ronaldo’s confusing message

After a failed season at Al-Nassr, Ronaldo’s goal is to win EURO 2024, the 12th and possibly last international tournament of the 39-year-old striker. At this year’s summer tournament in Germany, Seleccao is in Group F with the Czech Republic, Georgia and Türkiye.

According to the schedule, Portugal’s first match against the Czech Republic is at 2:00 a.m. on June 19. Before the match against the Czech Republic, Seleccao played 3 friendly matches against Finland, Croatia and the Republic of Ireland. Because of the late reunion, CR7 missed the 4-2 win over Finland (June 5) and may be absent from the match against Croatia (June 8). Ronaldo will likely play in the match against the Republic of Ireland on June 12.According to Opta’s supercomputer, Portugal is the No. 5 contender for the EURO 2024 championship after England, France, Germany and Spain. Seleccao has an 18% chance of reaching the final and a 9.2% chance of winning the championship, far behind the top team in England (the Three Lions have a 31.1% chance of reaching the final and a 19.9% ​​chance of winning). enemy).