João Palhinha and Cristiano Ronaldo will be together soon, to represent the National Team in the final stage of the European Championship. Ideal occasion for the Sporting midfielder to persuade the captain of the Quinas team to return to playing lion in the chest?
«If I am going to convince you? I will do so. I’ll try, at least … [risos]», Said the number ‘6’ of green and whites, in the program ‘Futebol Total’, on Channel 11.
Asked if he believes he will be able to share Sporting’s dressing room with CR7, Palhinha played in defense.
«I don’t know, they will have to ask him and the president of Sporting», he guarded himself, to immediately point out that «it would be a huge taste, for all that he represents, both in the national team and in the world of football.»
“I think it is unanimous that it would be something extraordinary to have him back in Portuguese football and Sporting”, he stressed.
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João Palhinha made his debut in the squads of the National Team last March, integrating the choices of Fernando Santos for the first three qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup, against Azerbaijan, Serbia and Luxembourg.
At that time, he asserted, the captain immediately left him “very at ease.”
«We talked a lot. He is a very humble person. He was happy to offer me the sweater. I didn’t know if I was going to ask, I didn’t want to abuse it; he must have so many people bothering him because of that, it is perfectly normal, “said the leonine midfielder, adding:” I have always admired him and asked him not to regret it if he did not. “
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