Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portuguese national team, appears to be at a crossroads during his match against France on Friday evening, in the quarter-finals of the European Cup “Euro 2024”.
Portugal qualified for the quarter-finals after achieving 6 points in the group stage, topping Group 6 by defeating the Czech Republic 2-1, then beating Turkey 3-0, then losing to Georgia 0-2.
The Portuguese team faced great difficulty in overcoming Slovenia in the round of sixteen after a goalless draw ruled the match, which lasted 120 minutes, before Ronaldo’s teammates decided qualification on penalty kicks.
5 goals scored by the Portuguese national team in the current edition of the Euro, none of which were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, in a remarkable phenomenon, especially since the Portuguese star is the historical top scorer in the continental tournament with 14 goals.
Why does Ronaldo’s match against France, with the presence of Kylian Mbappe, who recently joined Real Madrid, seem like a crossroads for the Portuguese star? This is what “Erem News” narrates in the following lines:
An expected uprising
Ronaldo dreams of a comeback against France by scoring and leading Portugal to the semi-finals.
This achievement will be enhanced if Ronaldo’s chances of continuing with the Portuguese national team until the 2026 World Cup are achieved.
Ronaldo plays a major role as a leader on the field in the Portuguese national team’s journey to achieve a major accomplishment in the current edition of the Euro, which it won once in the 2016 edition.
The match against France means a lot to the Portuguese team, as it is a real test of the capabilities of Ronaldo’s teammates, who have played average matches against lower-ranked teams, and despite that, the performance was fluctuating.
Rehabilitation
Ronaldo is also looking to vindicate himself in the France match after the Portuguese star was subjected to a campaign of ridicule following his missed penalty kick in the Slovenia match before resorting to penalty kicks.
Ronaldo hopes to silence his critics by scoring against France and breaking his drought in major tournaments after also failing to score in the 2022 World Cup held in Qatar, during which Portugal was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Many international media outlets have even mocked Ronaldo, most notably the BBC, which made a sarcastic comment about the Portugal national team star.
dramatic ending
On the contrary, the loss of the Portuguese national team to France and the farewell of the Euro with Ronaldo’s goal drought would be a dramatic end for the Portuguese star, not only in the continental tournament, but perhaps in his international career.
Losing to Mbappe could mean for fans the end of Ronaldo’s era in the face of the closest candidate to succeed him, who flirted with him with touching statements before the match, saying, “There will be no other Cristiano Ronaldo.”
Ronaldo faces the specter of huge criticism if the scenario of Portugal’s exit occurs, in light of the inability of the captain of the Saudi Al-Nasr team to regain his usual effectiveness in major tournaments.
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