The 23-year legend comes to an end! Cristiano Ronaldo officially announced his retirement from the national team, but his record of 1,000 goals is still waiting for him

The end of a player's era suddenly fell on a day without any warning.

On November 5, local time, 41-year-old Portuguese legendary star Cristiano Ronaldo (Cristiano Ronaldo) released a farewell video through social media, officially announcing his retirement from the Portuguese national team.

Since his retirement occurred on the eve of the announcement of Portugal's new roster, this sudden farewell quickly attracted widespread attention in the international football world.

Completed 234 national team appearances and ranked first in the world with 146 goals.

Ronaldo admitted in his farewell letter that this was a difficult decision made from the heart - his journey with the national team began in August 2003, and he has been defending the glory of this jersey for 23 years.

Since making his debut with the national team in 2003, Ronaldo has played 234 international games on behalf of the Portuguese adult national team and scored 146 goals. Both of these data have refreshed and maintained the world records for appearances and goals in men's international football history, which no one has broken so far.

While playing for the national team, he served as the core captain and led the Portuguese national team to win the 2016 European Cup and win the first UEFA Nations League championship trophy in 2019.

Didn't get a starting start and had a disciplinary dispute with the new head coach.

Although the Portuguese Football Association quickly issued a statement to pay tribute to Ronaldo after his official announcement and promised to hold an official ceremony of the highest standard for him, international sports media pointed out that the actual retirement process was accompanied by a severe locker room turmoil.

What led to this historic farewell being pushed to the stage in advance was the irreconcilable disciplinary and tactical conflicts between him and the current Portuguese national team coach Jorge Jesus.

On last month's international match day, during Portugal's UEFA Nations League match against Norway, Ronaldo failed to get a starting start. After the final whistle, he refused to accompany the team to say farewell to the fans, returned to the locker room alone, and then left the national team training camp without authorization.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Portuguese Football Association issued a ruling in mid-October, finding that it constituted a disciplinary violation, and imposed a 30-day suspension and a fine of 255 euros.

On the eve of the expiration of the suspension, Ronaldo, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion, finally made the decision to permanently return the No. 7 jersey.

The next step is to sprint for the thousand-goal record

In the entire national team's honor map, the lack of a World Cup championship has become a lingering shortcoming in Ronaldo's career. It is also the biggest gap between him and his old rival Messi at the national team level.

With the return of the No. 7 jersey, he also lost the opportunity to catch up again and fill this gap on the field.

Fortunately, after finishing his journey with the national team, Ronaldo will continue to move forward at the club level. Currently playing for Riyadh Victory in the Saudi Professional League, he is still in good form and just scored a "hat trick" in the league on October 30.

Today, his total career goals have reached 985. In the next club career, sprinting towards the historical milestone of 1,000 career goals will become the final pursuit goal of the 41-year-old veteran's career.

The train of the times is passing by slowly, and one day even as strong as the God of War will be disarmed and return to his field. There is no more No. 7 in the national team, but the legend of thousands of goals on the green field is still waiting for his final blow.

Reporter: Wang Xi