Fernando Santos believe Euro 2016 is not last chance for Cristiano Ronaldo to enjoy international success
Portugal boss Fernando Santos says Euro 2016 is not last chance for Cristiano Ronaldo to have the taste of International success.
With 2018 World Cup will be most likely last opportunity for Ronaldo, and he will be 33 by then, Euro 2016 represent last chance for Real Madrid star to win international accolade, but his national boss has refused this notion.
Ronaldo is great, he’s highly motivated. He was motivated when he got here from winning the Champions League with Madrid and that has grown.
Fernando Santos believe Euro 2016 is not last chance for Cristiano Ronaldo to enjoy international success
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“We all have the same ambition. I don’t think it’s his last chance, he still has a few years ahead of him. We are all here regardless of how old we are – 18 or 38.
“In some ways, we are all thinking this is our last opportunity so that we give everything on the pitch.”
“3-4-3, 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, we don’t know what’s going to happen. [Germany’s Mario] Gotze doesn’t look like a traditional striker and he was their striker [against Ukraine on Saturday].
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“Ronaldo scores 50 goals a season and he’s not technically a striker.”
Santos has defended centre-half Bruno Alves, after Iceland camp has claimed that he is dirty player.
I’ve known Bruno for many years, I coached him in Greece and Portugal before that. He does everything he can but he’s played 85 times for the national team and has one red card.
“I’ve seen players with fewer games get more red cards. When you look at the statistics you know he’s not a violent player.”
“We are playing a good team, the coach is excellent and knows exactly what he wants,” he said.
“It will be a well-balanced match. It will be difficult but we will try to be as creative as possible and I think we can win this match.
“Every match in these Euros will be balanced because third place can still qualify and this will make the games a lot tighter.”