The star player of the Portugal team, Cristiano Ronaldo, who celebrates his 20 years in the selection, is included in the list of 24 players selected by coach Roberto Martinez for the qualifying matches for Euro-2024 against Slovakia and the Luxemburg. “A player with 200 selections is a unique case!”, Underlines the Seleçao coach during a press conference. “I can tell you that I really like having Cristiano Ronaldo in my team,” added the Spanish coach.
The 38-year-old, who now plays for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, celebrated his 200th international appearance last June by scoring the only goal in Portugal’s 1-0 victory over Iceland, which allowed to the Seleçao to maintain its lead at the top of qualifying group J for Euro-2024.
Portugal will face Slovakia on September 8 in Bratislava then Luxembourg three days later at the Algarve stadium (south).
. . . . Goalkeepers (3): Diogo Costa (FC Porto/POR), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton/ENG), Rui Patrick (AS Roma/ITA).
. Defenders (8): Diogo Dalot (Manchester United/ENG), Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton ENG), João Cancelo (Manchester City/ENG), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Ruben Dias (Manchester City/ENG), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting Portugal), Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton/ENG).
. Milieux (6): Joao Palhinha (Fulham/ENG), Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal/KSA), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/ENG), Otavio Monteiro (Al Nasr/KSA), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA) , Bernardo Silva (Manchester City/ENG).
. Attackers (7): Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga), Rafael Leao (AC Milan/ITA), Joao Félix (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr/KSA), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers/ENG), Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA),Diogo Jota (Liverpool/ENG).
