#广场预测世界杯赢40000U RonaldoConfirms'LastDance'!Inthepre-matchpressconferencefortheRoundof16matchbetweenPortugalandSpainatthejust-concludedWorldCupintheUS,Canada,andMexico,PortuguesecaptainRonaldoconfirmedthatthiswillbehislastWorldCup.At3:00AMBeijingtimeonJuly7,intheRoundof16knockoutstageoftheWorldCupintheUS,Canada,andMexico,PortugalwillfaceSpain.Whenaskedabouttheupcomingsignificantmatch,hiscurrentfeelings,andwhathewantstosaytothefans,Ronaldosaid:"ThiswillindeedbemylastWorldCup.Whattrulystaysinmyheartarealwaysthosepeople—thefanswholoveus,thosewhohavesharedspecialmomentswithus,andthestaffwhohavealwaysbeenbyourside.Thesememoriesarethemostprecious."Ajournalistasked:"Iwanttoknow,at41yearsold,playingintheWorldCup,whatisthehardestpart?"Ronaldojokedwithasmile:"Thehardestpartistalkingtoyouguys,especiallythosewhodon'tlikeme.You'reoneofthem,Iknow(laughs).Ineverforgetaface;onceIseeit,it'setchedinmymind.Asforstillplayingfootballat41,Ithinkit'saprettygoodexperiencebecausetoreachthislevel,youhavetosacrificealot.WhatI'vedonethroughoutmycareerisadaptasI'veaged—youhavetobeself-aware:you'renotthesameasbefore.Butonethinghasn'tchanged:I'mstillscoring.SoIhopetofindthenettomorrow,andifnot,thenletmyteammatesscorebecauseweneedtoadvance,that'sthemostimportantthing.Whatwillultimatelystayinmymemoryisadvancing,theclashofgiants—ifwecanbeatSpaintomorrow,thatwouldbefantastic."HowwouldRonaldoreactifheissubstitutedduringthematchagainstSpain?"SinceIwascalleduptothenationalteamat18,you'vebeenaskingthisquestion.Intermsofpersonalinfluence,ithasn'tchangedfrombefore,anditremainsthesamenow.Ialwaysgivemyallanddomybest.WhetherI'monthefieldornot,Iplayanimportantrole.Mycareerwilleventuallyend—I'vesaidthatafewyearsago—butIwilldecidemyownretirementtime,notyou.Ithinkcontinuingtorepeatsuchquestionsisawasteoftime.Idon'twanttofocusonthat.What'simportantistoplaywelltomorrowandtohaveafirmbeliefinadvancing."Regardingthosewhocriticizehim,Ronaldosaidhedoesn'tcare:"For23years,peoplehavebeentryingto'kill'me.Acompletewasteoftime,useless.I'musedtoit.Somepeoplelikeme,somenotsomuch—Ihavemyownpreferencestoo.ThePortuguesefansareloyalandalwaysonmyside.Asfortheothers...theyaretrash,notworthmentioning.I'veseentheconstantattacksonme,butthat'snothingnew.Manytimes,Ieventhankthem—thisisadifferentchapterofmylife.IonlylearnedthislessonafterIturned40.Ihopetoliveanother40years.Wherethecriticismisharsher,therewegrowmore.SoIthankyoubecauseIamgrowingandbecomingstronger.Iamhappyandenjoyeveryday.""Ifyoucareaboutcriticism,youlose.That'salsonormal—it'syourjob,andIfullyunderstand.Thereisconstructivecriticismandcriticismthataimsto'kill'you;it'sallpartoftheindustryandthewaythemediasellsnews.Butthepointistofocusonthosewholikeusandthepassioninsidethestadium.Overtime,I'velearnedonething:weshouldstandbythosewholikeus.Ofcourse,therewillbelowpoints,butthat'spartoflife,perfectlynormal.Andinthefootballworld,becausecriticismisalwayspresent,itcansometimesbeharder,butthat'salsopartofourjob."EarlierintheWorldCupRoundof32,PortugalbeatCroatia2-1inadramaticfinish.Ronaldo'ssistersaidthisWorldCupwouldbehislast,butatthetimeRonaldoresponded:"Idon'tmakerashdecisions;IwilldecideaftertheWorldCup,notnow."RonaldohasparticipatedintheWorldCupsixtimes,appearedinsixconsecutiveWorldCups,scoredinsixconsecutiveWorldCups,andhisbestresultintheWorldCupsofarwasthesemifinals(2006).