Cristiano Ronaldo left this Sunday the concentration of the national team, which is preparing for the match against Luxembourg to qualify for the 2024 European Championship in the Algarve. The forward cannot play Monday’s match because he has to serve a suspension, so he had lunch with his team. teammates and immediately returned to Saudi Arabia to join the work of his club, Al-Nassr, the Portuguese Football Federation confirmed.
The national team captain scored five goals in five games in the qualifying stages for the next European Championship, but he will have to make do with that after being shown a yellow card in the 1-0 win against Slovakia in Bratislava.
Ronaldo also traveled to the Algarve, did recovery work in the group led by Spaniard Roberto Martínez and had lunch with the squad before traveling.
The attacker will no longer be training at the Algarve Stadium this afternoon at 5.30 pm, with the first fifteen being open to the media. Beforehand, at 4:45 p.m., coach Roberto Martinez and a player yet to be named will preview the match against Luxembourg during a press conference at the same location.
After five rounds, Portugal leads Group J with 15 points, five points more than Slovakia and Luxembourg, who share second place, and nine points more than fourth-place Bosnia-Herzegovina. Iceland is in fifth place with three, while Liechtenstein remains in last place with zero.
Portugal-Luxembourg is scheduled for Monday at 7:45 PM in the Algarve Stadium and will be refereed by the Englishman John Brooks.
Source: DN
