Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in Portugal’s squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches, continuing his significant role in the national team.
Despite his ineffective performance at Euro 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo has still been included in Portugal’s squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Scotland.
Despite his sixth appearance at the European Championship and Portugal’s exit in the quarterfinals, the 39-year-old still has support from coach Roberto Martinez despite not scoring.
Ronaldo stated in a recent interview with Portuguese TV that he intends to keep his resignation from the national team a secret until it happens, adding that for now his priority is providing assistance to Selecao.
With four goals in as many games for Saudi team Al Nassr, Ronaldo has kicked off the new season with a bang and is poised to maintain his position as Portugal’s main striker while Goncalo Ramos of Paris Saint-Germain recovers from an ankle injury.
Pepe, the experienced defender who recently retired from football at 41 years old, has paved way for future prospects like Geovany Quenda. The Sporting Lisbon winger, aged just 17 years old, received a call-up from Martinez on Friday.
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Renato Veiga, the left-back for Chelsea and Tiago Santos, a defender from Lille are among the recent additions to the squad. The team is set to play Croatia and Scotland on September 5th and 8th respectively in Lisbon.
Every two years, the Nations League brings together the male national teams of all UEFA member associations to compete in an international football tournament.
The defenders lineup features Ruben Dias from Manchester City in England, Antonio Silva representing Benfica, Renato Veiga hailing from Chelsea United Kingdom. Goncalo Inacio represents Sporting Lisbon while Tiago Santos is with Lille Football Club located in France. Diogo Dalot and Nuno Mendes are both playing for English clubs: Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain respectively. Completing the squad we have Nelson Semedo of Wolverhampton Wanderers situated also in England
Rewritten: The midfield lineup consists of Joao Palhinha (Fulham/ENG), Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/ENG), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City/ENG) and Ruben Neves playing for Al-Hilal/KSA.
The following are the forwards: Joao Felix (Chelsea/ENG), Francisco Trincao (Sporting Lisbon), Pedro Goncalves (Sporting Lisbon), Rafael Leao (AC Milan/ITA), Geovany Quenda (Sporting Lisbon), Pedro Neto( Chelsea/ENG ), Cristiano Ronaldo(Al Nassr/KSA) and Diogo Jota(Liverpool / ENG).
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