Portugal advances with a complete victory and a comprehensive victory for Cristiano Ronaldo: 10 goals make him a threat to other favorites.
Cristiano Ronaldo has several motivations: becoming the second-oldest player to play in a European Cup, the oldest player to score goals and the oldest player to win a European Cup.
Behind him is the work of Roberto Martinez and a group of excellent companions: Silva, Fernandez, Joao Felix, Dias, Cancelo, Parpinha….
The Euro 2024 qualifiers in Germany are entering their final stages. 21 of the 24 participants are known. The remaining three teams will advance through the play-offs. During the qualifying period, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal team became the most eye-catching team of all. Despite playing in minor leagues such as Saudi Arabia, the team led by Spaniard Roberto Martinez have won all their games (10 out of 10) with the former Real Madrid striker at full strength. . However, this did not diminish his desire to continue making history. CR7 has ambitious goals for the final stages of the European Cup. His desire is to win the race, which isn’t that far-fetched considering what we’ve seen. If realized, it will also break the historical record.
Because no European champion has reached the age that the Al Sadd striker has. Cristiano will be 39 years, 4 months and 9 days old by then, becoming the second oldest player in World Cup history, second only to Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly who participated in the 2016 European Cup. , he was 40 years old at the time. 86 days. Cristiano will overtake German legend Lothar Matthäus, who debuted in 2000 at the age of 39 years and 91 days.If CR7 scores, he will surpass Vastic as the oldest player to score (38 years and 257 days), and if he wins the competition, he will surpass Carvalho, who was 38 years and 257 days old at Euro 2016 53 days, when Portugal happened to lift their last match goal. Twist
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Portugal then overcame all odds and won the game. Because they are not popular. Not even in their final against hosts France. Now the pattern is repeating itself… despite the Portuguese’s reputation at Betfair sportsbook. They are the fifth favorite with an 11% implied probability, behind England and France (the top candidates) and Germany and Spain, who are waiting for their chance… with Portugal’s permission.
Roberto Martinez’s side have plenty of footballing reasons to believe they are capable of delivering surprises. Cristiano Ronaldo is obviously the first. Not just because of his performance on the field, but because of his leadership that was contagious. However, he scored 14 goals in 25 games and became the top scorer in the history of the European Cup. One of the challenges for Germany is to increase these numbers. He currently has 10 goals in the qualifying stages, second only to Romelu Lukaku, who has 14 goals for Belgium.
Reasons to believe in Portugal
It is the cooperation with Belgium that is one of the arguments that Roberto Martinez must try to attack the Euros. This obstacle has always been a constant threat and now, working in conjunction with the talents of Cristiano and his company could also lead to positive results. However, there is a solid block around the former Real Madrid legend, full of quality and with increasing experience in these competitions.
Players such as Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandez (Manchester United) or Joao Felix (FC Barcelona) offer a lot of talent in attack, plus Ruben Dias (Manchester City) ), the solvency of Joao Cancelo (Barcelona) or Parpinha (Fulham)) as well as defensive arguments. Together they form a solid unit looking forward to competing in the tournament and becoming the new kings of the old continent. However, the last two winners (Portugal and Italy) came to the event as outsiders and eventually took home the trophy. This challenge still made Ronaldo’s eyes bright and his ambitions unlimited.