Portuguese rising star G. Ramos.

(European News Agency)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] "Didn't even dream of it!" Portuguese rising star Gonçalo Ramos, like everyone else today, asked Fernando Santos to replace Cristiano Ronaldo The starter was surprised, and after performing a "hat-trick" that amazed the audience, he also said that Ronaldo is his role model.

G. Ramos only put on the national team jersey for the first time in the warm-up match before the World Cup. He only played 2 games in the group stage, with a total of 10 minutes. "I never dreamed that I could start in the knockout stage." The 21-year-old star said after the game.

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Asked whether Ronaldo talked to him before the game, G. Ramos said that the fact that the team's first brother did not start did not affect the team at all, "Frankly speaking, no one is talking about it, Cristiano is Our captain, he just helps us as always, encourages not only me but everyone on the team."

Portugal will face Morocco in the quarter-finals. G. Ramos said that it is too early to talk about whether he will get a first-mover opportunity. When asked about his role models, he said that "C. Ronaldo is one of them." Polish striker Robert Lewandowski and Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

C. Ronaldo.

(AFP)

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