Jesus Augusto Romero Sarcos: Cristiano Ronaldo Starts Honing his Artillery

SERGIO SILVA | CARACAS.- This afternoon, in preparation for the Russia 2018 World Cup, Portugal will face-off against Argelia in a friendly match in which Cristiano Ronaldo, their captain and main representative, will participate, starting his training after participating in the Lisboan Lusitanian gathering, earlier this week.

The forward player enjoyed some days off after ending the season by playing with the Real Madrid, defeating Liverpool and winning the Champion’s League, reason why he missed the first two matches played by Fernando Santos’ team, both which ended in draws, the match against Tunisia ending in a 2-2 and the one against Belgium in a 0-0.

The Lusitanian selector remarked the importance of trusting on CR7 during this final training stretch for the World Cup. “The world’s best player will always be important, and will always have great influence.” Santos said about the striker, which will be a started at this afternoon’s game, in Lisboa.

Cristiano’s incorporation gives greater weight to the Lusitanian offensive and lightens Santos’ worries, as he has not yet revealed the starter team that will face off against Spain this Friday, June 15.

“I have many doubts. I have 23 players I fully trust in. The match against Spain is in a week. We need to see what happens during training,” the Portuguese selector said.

The current Euro Cup champion team is located in the B Group of the Russia 2018 World Cup, which they share with Spain, Morocco and Iran. The two European teams are the clear favorites to win the gauntlet, and reach the quarter finals.