Ronaldo vs Mbappe: Clash of generations at Euro 2024
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Hamburg: Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Kylian Mbapp . A clash of soccer icons. A clash of generations. They ll go head to head when Portugal plays France i...
Hamburg: Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Kylian Mbappé. A clash of soccer icons. A clash of generations.
They’ll go head to head when Portugal plays France in the Euro 2024 quarterfinals on Friday, and this heavyweight meeting might have got just that little bit bigger.
"It is, without doubt, my last European Championship,” the 39-year-old Ronaldo said after his tearful, emotionally charged performance in Portugal’s penalty-shootout victory over Slovenia in the last 16.
That may have just confirmed what many were presuming anyway.
Still, there’s now a definitive specter of finality to Ronaldo’s long, headline-grabbing Euros adventure that could be brought to an end by Mbappé, the heir apparent to Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after their long-time dominance of the sport.