Morocco shocked Portugal with a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals on Saturday, shattering Cristiano Ronaldo's FIFA World Cup dreams. The World Cup was the only trophy lacking from Ronaldo's impressive collection. And with Portugal having one of their best World Cup campaigns ever this year, there was slowly but surely hope that Ronaldo and Portugal would finally end their long wait. Up until Youssef En-first-half Nesyri's physics-defying stunner, which remained the only factor separating the teams.
Virat Kohli's Indian cricket team's former captain has faced a lot of criticism in the last few years when he was not at his peak in cricket. A lot of memes and comedy content have been made about him. During this period and because of this western phase he stepped down the stairs of captaincy. But after two years in the ICC World Cup, he had one of the best innings of his life.
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Virat Kohli on Monday took to his social media account and shared a post sharing a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo and wrote “No trophy or any title can take anything away from what you’ve done in this sport and for sports fans around the world. No title can explain the impact you’ve had on people and what I and so many around the world feel when we watch you play. That’s a gift from god. A real blessing to a man who plays his heart out every single time and is the epitome of hard work and dedication and a true inspiration for any sportsperson. You are for me the greatest of all time”.
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Kohli shared a day after Portugal's heartbreaking exit, praising Ronaldo for the impact he has had on the sport and fans around the world. After sharing the post the picture went viral on the internet and the fans of Virat and Ronaldo both jumped into the comment section and praised Virat for his sportsmanship brotherhood.
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