Cristiano Ronaldo “He doesn’t play like a 39-year-old player”said on Monday the coach of Portugal, Spanish Roberto Martínez, who described the captain of the Portuguese team as a “role model” in football.
“Cristiano doesn’t work like a 39-year-old player and he doesn’t play like one,” Martínez said at a press conference in Glasgow, where Portugal face Scotland in the Nations League on Tuesday.
When asked about the hosts they cause former Real Madrid player In each country he visits, Roberto Martínez described it as a “special story” that “we can all enjoy.”
“When you get to a place like this, you realize that he is famous and the work of a player that is special (…) It is an example, the number of goals he scored, the trophies he won,” he said. He replied like that.
Martínez also warned of the danger of Scotland, “a team that is growing and believes in what it does,” and recalled Scotland’s victory against Spain in 2023.
Vitinha is taking the team
For his part, midfielder Vitinha warned of the opponent’s physical strength and said Portugal must “prioritize the technical side” of its game.
PSG player Luis Enrique said, that the Portuguese have “great potential in everything”: “We are a team with a complete group of players who complement each other very well.”
Portugal, The unbeaten leader of group A1 of the Nations Leaguewill face Scotland again on Tuesday, who won 2-1 on the second day of the tournament.
