2023-09-12 00:55:07
Cristiano Ronaldo, due to the accumulation of yellow cards, was not part of the team that, on Monday night, thrashed Luxembourg 9-0, in the biggest victory in the history of the national team. Roberto Martínez spoke about the importance of the striker.
«Cristiano is a very important part of this team. Pepe is a very important part of this team. They are players with experience and who have a level of work and a way of working that is contagious. They give our team important value”, guaranteed the coach.
Even so, the coach assumed that no player has a guaranteed place: «But we are competitive. We need to utilize opportunities. Gonçalo Ramos today showed what he can do, Diogo Jota did the same. We need to have players who have the level to win matches.”
Regarding the impressive victory, Martínez was extremely satisfied: «It was perfect because the players had the same attitude until the last minute. It’s very difficult in a game to continue with the same concentration when you have a three or four goal lead. Keep the goal clear, but then play the collective game with training work.”
«It’s a starting point, but we need to continue working and improving the aspects we need. The group has quality and a spectacular effort. This allows you to create history. Players deserve to have moments like today. Six games and six wins with results like today. We will continue in October», promised the Portuguese coach.
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