But Which national team will compete in the 2022 World Cup? Starting with Cristiano Ronaldo, the great right hand man of Fernando Santos.
“Everyone looks at the statistics and understands that he scored five goals and did not score today. But we had two balls on the bar, several situations. He worked very, very, very hard on the game, tried everything. He was a real captain in every sense of the word: in his dedication to the game, in his commitment, in the willingness with which he wanted to turn the game over, with which he wanted to play, with which he wanted to do it. things”. So Fernando Santos commented completely flatteringly on Cristiano Ronaldo’s game against Belgium. The Portugal captain did not score and only once came close to doing so with a free kick in the first half that Courtois deflected, but he was the most stubborn and hardworking player on the attacking team.
Since Euro 2020, Ronaldo has taken five goals and several records: the fact that he became the player with the most games in European finals, that he became the only player to compete in five European finals, that he became the top scorer in European finals. as well as being the player with the most wins in European finals. In between, he caught up with the Iranian Ali Daei and already together became the player who scored the most goals for the national team in the history of international football. Two weeks later, he offered something positive in a difficult season at Juventus, between a failure in the Champions League and a fourth place in Serie A, and reaffirmed the idea that the team more and more belongs to him. safe place…
One safe place which will inevitably have to be closed. Cristiano Ronaldo will arrive at the World Cup in Qatar at the age of 37 (two months out of 38) and the truth is that even in the last season he played in, it is increasingly difficult to believe that he can still attend the next European Championship. in 2024 and from the age of 39. However, nothing is impossible with Ronaldo, and it is best not to speculate on what is allowed and what is not. There is no doubt that in the next year or the next three years, Fernando Santos will lose the big expansion he has inside the spa.
