Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t even make the bench for Al Nasr’s final Asian Champions League game and his presence in Portugal’s squad is a strong unknown.However, this Friday head coach Roberto Martinez The squad for the final two qualifying matches of Euro 2024 was confirmed and CR7 was approved.
Cristiano, 38, rested at the club last week as this series of games took its toll. In fact, his coach in Saudi Arabia said “he is not fit to play”.But the Portuguese doesn’t want to miss a single game with the national team – one of his goals is to reach 900 goals in his career – and Even though they have already qualified for the next European Cup, this will still be part of the roster.
“It’s not about concentrating on experiments, it’s about concentrating on getting the team ready,” Portugal’s Catalan coach said at a press conference on Friday. Martinez said his side needed “continuity, connection and a competitive team” in addition to “finishing the game well and celebrating” a “historic ranking”.
In this way, Ronaldo is at the top of the 26-player list for the games against Liechtenstein and Iceland on the 16th and 19th respectively. “What matters now is to be perfect. That’s what the qualifying stage is for. “We have to be at our best so we can be prepared and react better when the team faces adversity,” the coach added.
Among the new content of this conference call, in addition to the confirmation of CR7, Sporting Braga forward Bruma and one of the newly joined Manchester City players Matheus Nunez also stood out. In itself, At the age of 40, historical players like Pepe, who returned from injury, also returned.
Portugal complete list
Archer: Diogo Costa (Porto, Oporto), José Sá (Wolverhampton, ING) and Rui Patrício (Rome, Italy).
Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, ING), Joao Cancelo (FC Barcelona, ESP), Antonio Silva (Benfica, Bol), Gonzalo Inacio (Porto, Porto ), Pepe (Porto, FC), Nelson Semedo (Wolves, Netherlands) ), Ruben Dias (Manchester City, ING) and Totti Gomez (Wolves, ING) ).
trim: Palinha (Fulham, ING), Ruben Neves (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Otavio (Al Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Bruno Fernandez (Manchester United, ING), Bale Nado Silva (Manchester City, ING), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain), Matheus Nunes (Manchester City, ING) and Joao Neves (Benfica, Poland).
forward: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Bruma (Braga, Poland), Ricardo Horta (Braga, Poland), Diogo Jota (Liverpool, ING), Gonzalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Joao Felix (FC Barcelona, ESP) and Rafael Leao (AC Milan, Italy).