Before the German EURO opener against France, the other group opponents Hungary and Portugal will meet in Budapest next Tuesday. In the case of outsiders, several Bundesliga professionals compete against the defending champion. Of course, Willi Orban warns above all about Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Ronaldo is still a world-class player. He has just become the top scorer in Serie A!”, Said the defender of RB Leipzig Süddeutsche Zeitung. The five-time world footballer Ronaldo had the largest share in reaching the minimum goal of the Champions League participation at Juventus with 29 goals this season. “Just because he now scores one or two fewer goals per season than he did a few years ago, I still have a lot of respect for his career and his personality,” said Orban.
“Don’t turn these players off completely for 90 minutes”
The Leipzig professional has not yet had the dubious pleasure of having to defend against Ronaldo. Probably against Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe or Neymar, among others. He also assigns ‘CR7’ to this category. “You can’t turn off such players completely for 90 minutes! They just have good moments. The goal can only be to take as much space and time as possible from them.” Of course, Hungary cannot concentrate exclusively on the Juventus star. And overall, despite the support in the home stadium, he goes into the game as an outsider. “We have to show from the first minute that we have nothing to lose,” said Orban.
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