The captain of the Portuguese football team, Cristiano Ronaldo, led his team to the European Championship 2024 in Germany in a sovereign manner. Advancement from first place was sealed by the favorite of the qualifying J-group with a 3:2 victory over Slovakia in Porto, in which Ronaldo contributed with two goals. After Friday, he has a record of 202 matches and 125 accurate hits in the most valuable jersey.
“I am experiencing feelings of joy. We went through the qualification quite easily and our game has a style. We were able to play very good football in different systems. I personally like playing for the national team very much. I feel that each of the 24 players who are here are thinking the same, “ Ronaldo said in the mixed zone after the meeting in Porto. In it, although the Portuguese conceded the first two goals in the qualification, in the end they added three more points to the table. With 21 points and a score of 27:2, no one can rob them of the first place in the group. “We have won all the games so far. I don’t remember such an easy qualification for Portugal. But it was because we played well in every game and we have an excellent coach.” Ronaldo highlighted the person of Roberto Martinez. The Spaniard sat on the bench of the national team after the World Cup in Qatar, where the Portuguese were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 0:1 to Morocco.
The 38-year-old attacker would not want to miss next year’s continental championship. “I hope that I won’t have any health problems and will be able to be part of the team. I want to experience a successful championship with Portugal and make the fans happy. There is still a long way to go and above all I wish to be healthy.” stated in an interview for abola.pt Ronaldo, whose popularity in his native country is unparalleled.
He felt it in the second half of the match against Slovakia, when a fan ran after him. He hugged his idol and wanted to take a picture with him. Ronaldo perceives these things with understanding. “It’s part of football. My home is Portugal and people support me in all the stadiums. In Alvalada, where I grew up, but also here in Porto or in the Algarve. I think that against the Slovaks I didn’t feel the support of the stands only for me, but for the whole team .”
The holder of many records and prestigious individual awards has been given another challenge by the FC Porto president to try to score 1000 goals in his career. Striker Al-Nassr has 857 so far. “Because of the things that have happened in my life, I have learned not to set goals for myself. I am no longer the youngest, the body regenerates worse and the fatigue after matches washes out more slowly. I enjoy every match in the club and in the national team and I try to help with goals. We will see , how long will it be. Scoring a thousand goals seems like a tough task to me. We’ll see what my legs say about it. I need to reach the goal of 900 goals before I reach the thousand. That’s what I’m looking at at the moment and I believe that on I’ll get her” Ronaldo added.
2023-10-14 10:44:49
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