Portugal regains Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldofrom the last friendly and Portugal’s 4-0 win over Nigeria due to a melting situation, back to work this saturday. The forward is at the center of the controversy caused by his comments about Manchester United and the unknown about his future despite Qatar World Cup 2022.

The Portuguese star, who is always the center of attention, is now also the focus of controversy for statements towards his current club as he faces the final part of his team towards the premiere next Thursday at Qatar against Ghanawhen equals Mexican Rafael Márquez as the soccer player with the most World Cups in history, with five (Lionel Messi will also reach that figure in this edition), while his cycle at United has run out, reduced to just 10 starts and three goals this season.

“His statements have nothing to do with choice“, he replied Bernardo Silva, his partner in the Portuguese team and his rival in Manchester City. “They have nothing to do with me either. This is a Cristiano,” added the midfielder, who did not see “any strange atmosphere” between the attacker and Bruno Fernandes, with whom he was at United, as Cristiano Ronaldo congratulated the midfielder. .

“I see him motivated and focusedLike all players. This is another to help our country and the team. We have a World Cup to play,” he warned. Bernardo Silva in the appearance of the press before the evening training, where neither Joao Félix nor William Carvalho participatedamong other footballers, for the recovery work that came from his ownership in the friendly last Thursday.

between the labyrinth of christianoffered last summer to various teams in the Champions League, decided then and now to leave the unitedwith whom he has a contract until next summer, Portugal they beat the African team 4-0, without the best scorer in the history of the Portuguese team, author of 117 goals in 191 international matches. “When he is not there, we know how to respond. We are ready. We are 26. It doesn’t matter if one or the other is not there,” Silva warned.

His first training session sparked expectations of his figure in Doha, five days after his World Cup debut, against Ghana, Uruguay Y South Korea, faced at the same time on the same day, complete the group. “There is a lot of ambition and a lot of confidence. We know that this is a special, short and unexpected competition, against good teams. The Portuguese expect a lot from us. We are ready. We came to win”, said the player of City football. , the club at the level of Benfica , Porto, United and Paris Saint Germain in contribution to the list of footballers selected by Fernando Santos.

Between the “confidence” that brings 4-0 to Nigeriawith the warning that “all rivals will give their all, as if it were the last game of their lives”, to Bernardo Silva and found his teammates “unconcerned” about whose start the tournament was. “We need to add to reach the round of 16,” he said.

This is the eighth final stage of a World Cup for Portugal. In three it did not go beyond the group round (in Mexico 1986, in Japan and Korea 2002 and in Brazil 2014). In South Africa 2010 and in Russia 2018 he stayed in the round of 16. In England 1996 he was third, his best score in this tournament, while in Germany 2006 he was fourth, when Cristiano Ronaldo He played his first World Cup. Now look at the fifth.