Coach Roberto Martinez shared why Cristiano Ronaldo is an important member of the Portuguese team at Euro 2024.

Coach Roberto Martinez: Portugal still needs Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named to the Portuguese team list for Euro 2024. The 39-year-old veteran will compete in the 11th major tournament of his career.

Coach Roberto Martinez: Portugal still needs Ronaldo

There have been 206 times that Cristiano Ronaldo has played for Portugal, and he has scored 128 goals. As a result of the performance that Ronaldo displayed in Al-Nassr, Portugal’s head coach Roberto Martinez stated unequivocally that Ronaldo was deserving of a spot on the team.

When it comes to Cristiano Ronaldo, I believe that it would be more appropriate to discuss statistics. It was a player who displayed the toughness, physical ability to stay fit, and ability to score goals that we were looking for. This player scored 42 goals for the club in 41 games.

We do not make decisions on a player’s position based on where they play. We want to put together the best possible team, and we will be calling up 26 players to put together the finest team we can. The individual performances of the players, as well as their roles in the locker room, are kept under close observation by us. On teams that are good, there are players who are players who are substitutes, and on teams that are slightly weaker, there are other players who play crucial roles. It has been since March 2023 that we have accumulated a great deal of knowledge.

Along with Bernardo Silva, Diogo Jota, Francisco Conceicao, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix, Pedro Neto, and Rafael Leao, Ronaldo is one of the seven strikers whom coach Roberto Martinez has chosen for the team.

Over the course of the month of June, Portugal will play warm-up friendly matches against Finland, Croatia, and Ireland. Following that, they will then compete in the group stage of the Euro 2024 tournament against the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Georgia.