New Portugal trainer Roberto Martínez incorporated Cristiano Ronaldo in his first squad on Friday since taking up from Fernando Santos following the World Cup.
The 38-year-old Ronaldo used to be not noted of Santos’ beginning lineup for Portugal’s knockout-phase video games on the event in Qatar, together with the quarterfinal loss to Morocco.
Ronaldo, who performs for Saudi workforce Al-Nassr, can upload to his world report 118 objectives when Portugal performs European Championship qualifiers in opposition to Liechtenstein on March 23 and at Luxembourg 3 days later.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who is completely committed to the national team,” Martínez stated. “I do not take a look at age or different sides. He has the risk to assist the workforce and cross on his revel in to different gamers.”
Martínez made only a few adjustments to the squad he inherited from Santos. Pepe, elderly 40, used to be again once more in defence, whilst Ronaldo used to be joined by way of João Félix, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva as playmakers.
Martínez joined Portugal after the Spaniard ended his six-year stint with Belgium following the workforce’s disappointing group-stage removal on the World Cup.
Portugal’s Euro 2024 qualifying organization additionally contains Iceland, Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Portugal squad,
goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), José Sá (Wolverhampton), Rui Patricio (Roma).
Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), João Cancelo (Bayern Munich), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City), António Silva (Benfica), Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting), Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund).
Midfielders: João Palhinha (Fulham), Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), João Mário (Benfica), Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton), Otávio Monteiro (Porto), Vitinha (Paris Saint- Germain).
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr), Gonzalo Ramos (Benfica), João Félix (Chelsea), Rafael Leão (AC Milan), Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
