The Nigerian coach, José Peseiro, believes that Cristiano Ronaldo can reach the 2022 World Cup in a “reinforcing moment”, especially since he was always present.
“I think that well directed, well prepared, it can be a moment of reinforcement. For now, because Cristiano is going to die for our team. He always was. I think he was always one of those players who, at the right moment, never stopped coming, never had an injury to leave the national team, there were never moments of, although we didn’t need him, he wasn’t there,” the Portuguese coach told TSFapproaching the negative period that the captain of the team is going through.
Since the start of the season, Cristiano Ronaldo has joined several controversies that culminated in the interview he gave to Piers Morgan, in which he says he feels “betrayed” by Manchester United and has no respect for Erik Ten Hag, among other criticisms. to the club and various people around you.
But not even that, according to José Peseiro, will take away the focus from the Portuguese striker: “I think his main flag is our country. Unfairly, many times, evaluated by many of us. He is our best nine and all the teammates love him”. , as until now, knowing that there are egos. Of course, when we have players who play for the best teams in Europe, we have to understand that they also have egos.”
The Portuguese coach expects Cristiano Ronaldo to make peace with goals and performances, recalling the ketchup statement in 2010, but only at the World Cup and not on Thursday against Nigeria.
For this match, the goal is simple: “If we can’t win, let’s tie. If we can’t tie, let’s not lose by too many. That’s the goal.”
The Nigerian team will not be present in Qatar, but it has been adding preparation matches with some teams that will be in the World Cup, such as Mexico, Ecuador and now Portugal, and has taken advantage of these matches to cement the team’s football.
“There is always the strategic side of the game, however, in my idea and in my head is the future, the next game. The games we want to play against the best teams. Otherwise, I could only play behind. I don’t.” . I don’t know if Portugal is going to allow us and if we are going to be able to do what we want, but we want to play the game on the other side of the field and also have the ball, because we have players with quality and capacity for that”, reveals the coach.
In the interview, José Peseiro regrets not being able to count on several of the best Nigerian players, especially Napoli’s Osimhen, Real Sociedad’s Umar Sadiq and FC Porto’s Zaidu.
Source: TSF
