The former Manchester United footballer has expressed his views ahead of his national side’s European campaign in the summer.
Real Madrid’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 has insisted that he is glad to see that Portugal are not considered favourites to win the Euro 2012, claiming that the notion will help lift a great amount of pressure that has encompassed the Seleccao.
This year’s European Championship finals will take place in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 Bento’s men take on the challenge of facing the finest teams from across the continent.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734’s teammates had to endure an uneven road on their way to the Euro and the difficulties they have faced are expected to continue as they were drawn in the toughest group of the competition.
After finishing second in their group during the Euro qualifiers, the Portuguese team had to participate in the play-offs in order to ensure qualification to the finals. The Navigators had to overcome http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-c2856 in the play-offs to reach the
European championship.
However, after ensuring qualification, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
Football experts all over the world accurately believe Group B to be the ‘Group of Death’ as all four teams in the group are considered to be immensely competitive.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 are clearly stronger than the Seleccao on paper, the only remaining team in the Group is Denmark which finished one place ahead of Portugal in the qualifications.
Hence, as it would appear, this year’s Euro campaign is bound to be a hard one for A Seleccao das Quinas.
While talking to reporters, Ronaldo was quoted as saying:
"We know we are in a very tough group, the group of death, We have some very difficult games coming up, but I am confident we will go beyond the group stage. I know that we are not favourites and I am glad for that.”
"I am not expecting many surprises at the Euros, because http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 are very strong and there are also other sides who are very strong, too."
Portugal’s first match of Euro 2012 will be against Germany on 9th June.
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