Addressing the Portuguese staff, Ronaldo said: “To all the coaches, directors, doctors, physiotherapists, kit managers, staff, and to so many people who worked with me throughout these years, my thank you. Many of you never appeared in photographs, but without you, none of those photographs would have been possible.”To my family, thank you for having shared this dream with me; thank you for understanding the absences, the sacrifices, and the moments when the national team had to occupy a space that also belonged to you. If I got this far, it was because we were always hand in hand.”And to the Portuguese, to all the Portuguese scattered around the world, I want to tell you one last thing: there is an image I will always carry with me, the moment when the national anthem begins. “I look around, I see my teammates, I see the stands, I see children, mothers, fathers, and grandparents, I see Portuguese people who came from so far just to be there. And during those minutes, we stop being different. “There are no clubs, there are no colours, there are no classes, there are no professions, there are no opinions, there is only one passion: Portugal.”