Ronaldo in the Portugal shirt
Lisbon – AFP
Posted on: September 01, 2023: 04:29 PM GST Last updated: September 01, 2023: 04:45 PM GST
The star of the Saudi Al-Nasr club, Cristiano Ronaldo, was again chosen on Friday, in the Portugal national team, which will face Slovakia and Luxembourg in the European Cup 2024 qualifiers.
Former European champions Portugal lead Group J in qualifying for next year’s finals in Germany.
Brazil Europe will face Slovakia in Bratislava next Friday, before hosting Luxembourg three days later.
Portugal coach Roberto Martinez said about Ronaldo, who has scored five goals in four qualifying matches so far, that he is a player who has participated in 200 matches, this is something unique. I can tell you that I am very happy to have Cristiano Ronaldo in my team.
Martinez also included the two midfielders who also participate in the Saudi League, Ottavio from Al-Nasr and Ruben Neves from Al-Hilal, and Wolverhampton’s English back Totti summoned for the first time.
Here is the Portugal squad:
In goalkeeping:
Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton, England), Rui Patricio (Roma, Italy).
In defense:
Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Nelson Semedo and Totti (Wolverhampton, England), Joao Cancelo and Robin Dias (Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Goncalo Inasio (Sporting).
In the midfield:
Joao Ballenha (Fulham, England), Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, England), Ottavio (Al-Nasr), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain), and Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
In attack:
Ricardo Horta (Braga), Rafael Leao (Milan, Italy), Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Victory), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton), Goncalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain), and Diogo Jota (Liverpool, England).
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