HIS rich Euros story started on home soil with a clash against a fellow teenager, and future team-mate, Wayne Rooney.
And, if he has any say in it, it will end with a second triumph in Berlin to add to the one he already celebrated in 2016 in Paris.
Cristiano Ronaldo is coming to the end of his agenda-setting, record-breaking stint in a Portugal shirt. Last week he pulled it on for the 207th time, against Republic of Ireland, and scored international goals No.129 and 130.
He knows his run is almost over, a fact which pains him because of his love for representing his country.
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