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 prize missing from Ronaldo’s impressive collection of accolades. 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 lengthy wait. Up until Youssef En-game-changing, Nesyri’s physics-defying goal in the first half, it was a tie. Later, Virat Kohli, a former captain of the Indian cricket team, shared a lengthy message about Ronaldo on Twitter, praising him as the “best of all time.”
A day after Portugal’s devastating elimination, Kohli praised Ronaldo on Instagram, saying that no trophy or championship could ever take that away from him because of the impact he has had on sport and fans all over the world. “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. @cristiano,” Kohli wrote along with a picture of Ronaldo.