Rui Costa has come out and suggested that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 has come under criticism recently as he has been unable
to reproduce his club form at the international level for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984.
Portugal are set to take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-c2856 in the second leg of their EURO 2012 qualification play off in their next competitive fixture as both the teams played out a nil all draw in Bosnia on Friday. Ronaldo failed to
impress in Bosnia and Portugal can count themselves lucky that they escaped with a draw from Bosnia considering the amount of goal scoring chances that Bosnia missed at their home turf.
Portuguese complained about the quality of the pitch in Bosnia before and after the match but if they fail to perform on their home turf in mid-week, the Iberian giants will be left without excuses as they were expected to qualify
through the group stages earlier on in the qualification stages. The pressure will be on Ronaldo to recreate his club form for Portugal and that will be critical to Portugal’s chances to showing up at the European Championships next summer.
Rui http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458 said in his latest interview, "No-one will want to make the difference in Tuesday's game more than Cristiano Ronaldo. To be criticised by other teams is a sign of his importance. What cannot happen is him being criticised
by our fans and our country. He is one of the best players in the world, he is the captain of the team and we have to be proud to have him with us. We cannot think he will have to decide the match alone, but that he will do everything to make Portugal qualify
for the Euro 2012 finals."
Rui Costa played in the European Championships of 2004 for Portugal and was a part of the country’s golden generation which made it to the final of the European Championships in 2004 when they were held in Portugal. The creative
midfielder played for A.C Milan in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 during the peak of his career and won many accolades whilst playing alongside legends such as Maldini, Stam, Seedorf and Shevchenko.
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