MADRID (Agenices): Cristiano
Ronaldo was named in defending European champions Portugal’s squad on Friday
nine months after his last international appearance at the 2018 World Cup in
Russia.
With Euro 2020 qualifiers against
Ukraine and Serbia coming up, coach Fernando Santos has recalled Ronaldo, who
has 85 goals in 154 international appearances.
He was rested for the last six
Portugal games while he settled at new club Juventus, where the 34-year-old has
silenced sceptics with a steady stream of goals and a hat-trick in Juve’s 3-2
aggregate Champions League last-16 win over Atletico Madrid.
“After the World Cup I
needed a break to settle in at Juventus,” he said after the Atletico …read more
Source: The Frontier Post
