Cristiano Ronaldo cannot do much on his return to the Portuguese team.
Portugal has been in extremely high form recently. Most recently, they crushed Sweden with a score of 5-2.
Bruno Fernandes and his teammates performed enchanting football under coach Roberto Martinez.
The proof is that Portugal won all 11 matches, they kept 9 clean sheets, scored 41 goals and conceded 4 times.
Therefore, even though a few key players were allowed to leave the team after the win over Sweden, Portugal is still rated higher when facing Slovenia.
The focus of attention is on Cristiano Ronaldo. After resting, Ronaldo returned to Portugal’s starting lineup. As usual, CR7 still plays with full effort.
However, striker Al Nassr appeared to be quite alone in attack on the day as Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva or Rafael Leao were not present.
Ronaldo did not show much when faced with the home team’s solid defense.
On the contrary, Slovenia defended closely and took advantage of counterattacks.
This way of playing proved effective and helped them score 2 goals against Portugal in the second half.
In the end, Slovenia’s victory truly brought Portugal back to earth. They certainly have a lot of work to do if they want to win EURO 2024.
