Woltemade Reflects on Ronaldo: Less Impressive Than Expected

The forward of the German national team, **Nik Woltamada**, shared his thoughts on competing against the 40-year-old striker of the Portuguese national team, **[Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.example.com/tags/584-cristiano-ronaldo/)**. Germany lost to Portugal in the semifinals of the Nations League with a score of 1-2.

«It often happens in life that you build up an idea that an experience will be fantastic and thrilling, but when you’re actually part of it, it turns out to be just a regular moment. This was the case here.

I expected to be more impressed. Yes, it was Ronaldo — everyone knows him. However, it wasn’t quite what I had imagined; I wasn’t overwhelmed. I was glad to see him and the other opponents and to measure myself against them. Perhaps my expectations were a bit grander than the reality,» Woltamada told Goal.

Ronaldo poses with the trophy for winning the Nations League: