Thierry Henry back Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for Euro 2016
Thierry Henry and Co back Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo to bounce back in the wake of shooting a dud against Iceland at Euro 2016. Henry trusts Ronaldo will ricochet over from an ‘off night‘ for Portugal after Euro 2016 minnows Iceland preserved a point from their opening Group F experience in St Etienne. Nani place Portugal in control yet Iceland earned a merited point after Birkir Bjarnason volleyed home yet Ronaldo missed two obvious opportunities to hand Fernando Santos’ side every one of the three points at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
Did you know Thierry Henry back Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for Euro 2016
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The Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo created an outside air kick in the first half before he planted a late header directly at Hannes Thor Halldorsson, however, Henry believes Iceland should be commended for keeping Ronaldo calm.
Talking as an intellectual nearby Alan Shearer and Belgium protector Vincent Kompany, Henry said: “You need to give Iceland kudos for how they halted Ronaldo. There were some amazing bits of defending, and they didn’t give him a chance to turn and go. If I was the following group to play him, I’ll be concerned in light of the fact that you don’t anticipate that him will go two recreations like this.”
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Cristiano Ronaldo, who won his 127th cap to break even with the Portuguese record set by Luis Figo, will plan to make his spot on the competition against Austria in the next gathering amusement on Saturday night at the Parc des Princes. Shearer hopes the 31-year-old experienced a disappointing night in St Etienne, in spite of indicating looks of his qualities with a pin-point cross for Nani before the break which about brought about a goal.
“He was making a decent attempt today,” Shearer said. “For Ronaldo, it was an off night, and he should’ve improved his odds. You simply know at times when it’s simply not going to be your night. In any case, the reason you saw Iceland qualify from a group with Holland and the Czech Republic is on account of they played this way.”