DORTMUND, Germany — Roberto Martinez insisted on Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to play for Portugal at Euro 2024 as the aging icon prepares to face Turkey in a potentially crucial Group F clash.
Ronaldo is Portugal 's all-time top scorer with 130 goals in a record 208 international appearances and is playing at his sixth European Championship at the age of 39.He moved to Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia last year but is still a fixture in his national team despite no longer being the player he was, and Martinez said that he will play in Dortmund on Saturday.
Ronaldo played all of Portugal's opening 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in Leipzig but did not score, with Francisco Conceicao getting the decisive late goal.'If you want to analyze the stats in terms of the physical side, well you need to look at what he's done in the last 12 months,' added Martinez, with Ronaldo having scored 44 goals in 45 games for his club over the past season.
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