Having Experienced Problems in the Knee, Fernando Santos Still Believe Ronaldo

DBasia.news –  Cristiano Ronaldo appeared and brought Portugal victory by packing a hat trick on the seventh matchday of Group B in the European Cup 2020 qualification, at the Estadio Algarve, Friday (11/15) early morning Western Indonesian Time. Portugal national team coach Fernando Santos praised the CR7’s appearance by ending the game 6-0 at home to Lithuania.

Before the match, it was rumored that Cristiano Ronaldo was not in the best condition. The assessment was inseparable from Maurizio Sarri’s statement that called Ronaldo having problems with his knee.

Nevertheless, Fernando Santos still gives full trust to Cristiano Ronaldo. The result, the 34-year player scored a hat trick.

“He is fine. I have no doubt about it as I said before the game. Other people will definitely be surprised, but I am not at all,” explained Fernando Santos as reported by Goal.

Three other goals from Portugal national team created by Pizzi (52′), Gozalo Paciencia (56′), and Bernardo Silva (63′). Now, the European Samba Team is ranked second in the standings with 14 points or just one more than Serbia which is ranked third.

“We should have been able to score more goals before halftime. However, after the fourth goal, we had to rest to prepare ourselves for the next match.

The match against Luxembourg in the final match of Group B, in Josy Berthel, Sunday (11/17) was very important for Portugal. Therefore, the victory will ensure Portugal advance to the 2020 European Cup final.

“We are trying to beat Luxembourg with the same attitude. However, we have less than 72 hours to restore conditions. So, we will see later,” said the coach.

Now, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 55 hat-tricks throughout his career. He also scored 98 goals with the Portugal national team.