Goal No. 937: Ronaldo wants another trophy

In the semi-finals of the European Nations League, in Munich against Germany, a team that had been Ronaldo's nightmare for years, it was finally the legendary player's turn to frustrate the Germans in front of thousands of Germans.
Goal #937: Ronaldo roars in Munich

On a stormy Munich night when hail delayed the game by 10 minutes, Florian Wirtz scored for Germany early in the second half, but a spectacular goal from Chico Conceição levelled the score and then it was Ronaldo's turn.
Nuno Mendes ran down the left, broke through the home defence and sent the ball towards goal, where Ronaldo, like a seasoned hunter, was waiting. A simple shot, a sure touch, and a shout that shook all of Europe:
937 goals for club and country, 137 for Portugal alone, a record that even legends are far from matching. He is one goal closer to the great dream of a thousand goals in his football career, a dream that is not unattainable when someone named Ronaldo is pursuing it!
But this goal was not just a number. It was the breaking of a spell that had weighed on Portugal for years. Germany was Ronaldo's constant nightmare. He had scored just one goal in his previous six games against the Germans and suffered five bitter defeats. But tonight, at the age of 40, at a time when most players have retired and are no longer thinking about kicking a ball, he rose up, not just to win, but to seek revenge.
The spell is broken. Germany is down. Ronaldo stands tall, radiant, incomparable. Watch his goal celebration to see how motivated he is. Ronaldo waited nervously as the referee checked for offside and then, after the goal was confirmed, he burst into childlike joy. It's as if he's experienced scenes like this many times and won many trophies, but he has the enthusiasm and motivation of his first day of football.
This goal not only took Portugal to the final of the European Nations League, but also made them the only team on the verge of winning the competition for the second time. From Euro 2016 to the 2019 Nations League, and now on the verge of another triumph, all with Ronaldo. With a player who never stops running, never stops fighting, never stops dreaming.
Who would have thought that at 40, he would still be one of the best? Who would have believed that he would still be the savior against giants like Germany, on home soil? But Ronaldo has shown once again that age is just a number and his will is made of diamonds. He has scored seven goals in his last eight games in the Nations League; he has scored 137 times in his entire international career and tonight, he raised the Portuguese flag once again.

Tonight, Ronaldo didn't just score a goal. He broke the spell that had weighed on him for years, and now, on the road to the final against France or Spain, Ronaldo stands once again; not to prove himself, because he has nothing to prove, but to write another chapter in a book that can only be titled one thing: "Cristiano; Immortal."