The Portuguese international admits that the duo will have a vital role to play for the country in the Euro 2012 which starts later this month.
A Seleccao play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Almeida-c16386 playing as the lone striker. Ronaldo and Nani have developed a brilliant partnership and have an impressive 45 goals between them for the national side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 as two of the best in Europe and feels the duo can certainly make a difference in the upcoming European championship.
The former Sporting Lisbon player admitted that the two players have the potential to turn the game on its head on their day and is confident that Portugal will progress to the next round despite some tough competition from Netherlands
and Germany in Group B.
“Nani and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734? They are two players who are the top in Europe and even the world. They can break the balance in a game, but as everyone knows, football is a team sport, and they will put their quality at the service of a group
and will help us reach our goals,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
On the other hand, Sporting Braga midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Viana-c16425 defended his side after a series of disappointing performances before the start of the European championship. The Portuguese side drew 0-0 at home to Macedonia, a game many
expected them to win comprehensively, and lost 3-1 to Turkey at home last week.
Viana claimed that international friendly fixtures are meant to experiment so the team should not be judged on them. He added that the side will go against Germany with totally different game plan and is hopeful of success.
“No one is happy with the results in the last two friendlies. But against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904, trying to make the result match
the quality of our display,” he concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 on June 17.
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