Cristiano Ronaldo has ‘absurd’ football

Cristiano Ronaldo He has an “absurd knowledge of what football is,” he said. He lefthis club and national team teammate, who highlighted the star’s “very strong mentality”or Portuguese.

In an interview with a Portuguese sports newspaper ‘O Jogo’, Otávio described what it was like to play together A Christian in Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia and assured that, even at the age of 38, he is an ex Real Madrid He continues to do things that “only a player like him can do.”

Christian “He has an absurd knowledge of what football, life, everything is… You always try to absorb the experience he conveys. Of course I will never be able to do everything he did and is doing, because it is impossible. Only a player like him can” , emphasized the Portuguese-Brazilian midfielder.

“It’s easy to say, but very difficult to do. The routine he has is what made him the best in the world for so long and continued to score so many goals at 38,” he said. “He works hard, has a very strong mentality. , he is not injured…”.

left, 28 years old and who signed for AChristian’s Nassror at the beginning of the season, he stated that the presence of the former Real Madrid striker on the field allows other teammates to “score a lot of goals”.

“Every play he draws two or three players, so we know we have to go to the second line to be able to receive. It’s easier when he draws those players, opens up space. You don’t notice it often, but it happens because Christianhe explained.

And he added: “If it was anyone else, there wouldn’t be two or three at the back. This way, another player appears who, if he thinks quickly, is in a position to score a lot of goals.”

Besides sharing a dressing room in the Saudi club, Otávio and Cristiano Ronaldoor are partners in selection Portugalwhich, according to the midfielder, must “assume” that he is one of the favorites to win German euro 2024, which however “will be difficult”.

“I think we have to accept it, because Portugal have a great team, great players and they have done a good job with (Spain coach) Roberto Martínez,” he said.

He left He pointed out that the Portuguese team is a “big family” because “everyone” gets along well and when that’s the case, “football is simpler, one helps the other”.
“We have to assume that we are a big team and that we can win Euro Cup“, deal