Ronaldo embarks on a fresh venture with his nation, anticipating further achievements.

ABU DHABI, 21st March, 2020 (WAM) — Portuguese veteran Cristiano Ronaldo, 38, will face a new challenge in his international career, after Spanish national coach Roberto Martinez called him to the squad for the Liechtenstein and Luxembourg matches scheduled for March 23 and 26, respectively. At the beginning of Portugal’s campaign in the qualifiers for the next European Nations Cup (Euro 2024).
Martinez was in charge of coaching the team after the Portuguese national team was eliminated from the quarter-finals in the 2022 World Cup at the hands of the Moroccan national team.
Ronaldo did not present what was expected of him during the 2022 World Cup, where the player played the tournament in conjunction with his great crisis with his former team, Manchester United, who decided to terminate the player’s contract by mutual agreement, so that Ronaldo would be free to move to another club. Ronaldo chose to search for a completely new experience, so he went to play in the ranks of the Saudi victory.
He is currently looking forward to launching a new page of brilliance with his country, hoping to continue playing with the team until Euro 2024, which may become his last big tournament in his international career if the player in 2023 presents what he deserves to have the opportunity to participate in the European Championship in the middle of next year.
And when the Portuguese national team begins its participation in the Nations Cup qualifiers, it will be an opportunity for Ronaldo to achieve more records in his football career.
With his main or reserve participation in any of the next two matches, Ronaldo will be the only one with the title of “Dean of World Players” with the record number of international matches played by any player with his country’s national team. Where Ronaldo currently shares the record and title with the famous Kuwaiti star Bader Al-Mutawa.
He will also have the opportunity to enhance his world record, which he holds, which is the number of international goals scored by any player with his country’s national team. Where Ronaldo has scored 118 goals so far with the Portuguese national team, which no other player has achieved with his country.
In light of the difference in the level between the Portuguese national team and its competitors in the next two matches, Ronaldo may have a good opportunity to improve his scoring harvest with the national team.
Ronaldo can add a new team to the list of his goals’ victims if he scores the Liechtenstein national team, to become the 47th team that has conceded Ronaldo’s goals, and it is the 35th European team that concedes the player’s goals.
On the other hand, Luxembourg tops the list of teams most exposed to Ronaldo’s goals, with 9 goals.
Ronaldo’s expected participation with his country’s national team in this international break comes after the player received a huge morale boost through the goal he scored with Al-Nasr in the 21st round of the Saudi Professional League, to contribute to overturning the team’s delay with a goal against Abha to a valuable victory 2-1.
The goal, which came from a direct free kick from a distance from the goal, won the award for the best goal in this round of the Saudi League, according to the public referendum that takes place on the best goal in each round.