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Can a shirt number be honored without being retired?
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Cristiano Ronaldo quit international football after falling out with coach Jorge Jesus, AP reports. His career stands at twenty-three years and 146 goals.
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The federation's answer is a stroke through the seven. In its words: This is one more way to immortalize the meaning of such a special number and pay tribute to the legacy it represents.
“This is one more way to immortalize the meaning of such a special number and pay tribute to the legacy it represents.”
Portugal host Denmark in Braga on Saturday, where El Confidencial reports every player walks out wearing the seven, and the match stops in the seventh minute for an ovation.
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Nations League rules require players numbered one to twenty-three, so the seven cannot be retired, El Confidencial reports. Diário de Notícias says Carlos Forbs will wear the new-design seven. The team's post reads: Time to debut a new 7. Because there's one that will be eternal.
“Time to debut a new 7. Because there's one that will be eternal.”
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- SAPOSpanish press analyzes the future of the Portugal national team without Cristiano Ronaldo: “Practically unanimously, he is considered the greatest legend of Portuguese football”
- FanpagePortugal changes the number 7, it will not be Cristiano Ronaldo's: no one will be able to wear it anymore
- AP NEWSPortugal changes how No. 7 is written to honor Cristiano Ronaldo
- SAPOWill the number 7 jersey have a different design? The tribute that was missing: “A way to immortalize”
- Diário de NotíciasFPF changes the design of the 7 on the jersey to immortalize Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy
- NEWS 24/7Portugal changes the design of its jersey in the post-Ronaldo era