Ronaldo in Portugal jersey
Portugal will play an international friendly match against Sweden next Thursday. Portuguese coach Roberto Martinez announced the 32-man preliminary squad for this match earlier last week. Cristiano Ronaldo was in the initial team. But for the Sweden match yesterday, Martinez announced the final team of 24 members, Ronaldo did not have a place in the team. Let's find out why Ronaldo didn't have a place in the team.
Not only Ronaldo there are some more players like Diego Dalat, Joao Cancelo, Otavio, Ruben Neves, Danilo Pereira, Vitinia and Joao Félix are not in the team. However, the coach of Portugal said that Ronaldo was not excluded, but they were rested in the Sweden match to overcome the pressure of consecutive matches.
Sports website ESPN cited the reason for resting Ronaldo. According to ESPN, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner is currently in Saudi Arabia on vacation with his family. Before this, Ronaldo played full 90 minutes for Al Nasr last Saturday evening. Martinez gave the 39-year-old Ronaldo extra rest during the international break, taking into account the consecutive matches in the Saudi Pro League.
Of course, Ronaldo will not be able to spend a long vacation. The former Real Madrid star will join the team after the match against Sweden. Portugal will play a friendly match against Slovenia on March 26. The Portugal Football Federation said that Ronaldo and the rest of the excluded will join in that match.
Euro starts in June this year. Portugal is considered one of the favorites of this tournament. It goes without saying that Ronaldo is the dreamer of Portugal who won the 2016 Euro! This season in the Saudi Pro League, Ronaldo is giving the impression of being in rhythm by scoring goals after goals. He has the highest 23 goals in the Saudi League so far.
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