Cristiano Ronaldo: “I wish every location would be like Budapest”

The Portugal star is pleased about the conditions welcoming his national team in the Hungarian capital.

The European Championship postponed for this year started last Friday. The whole world discussing the games is not a novelty. However, the most talked-about incident was not related to a move or a goal, but to Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen, who suffered a heart attack at half-time against Finland. He is stable now; nevertheless, let’s hope his accident was the last one of this kind.  

Hungary will play its first match against Portugal this afternoon at 18:00.

The tiny country finds itself in a powerful group, among UEFA EURO 2016 champion Portugal, World Cup 2018 winner France and World Cup 2014 winner Germany.

If this encounter gets just a little close to the one that the two national teams played in the EURO 2016, we are in for a treat, as the

Hungary-Portugal match of the last Championship was named one of UEFA’s 5 best games. 

The manager of the Portugal national team Fernando Santos and captain Cristiano Ronaldo, answered the journalists’ questions at yesterday’s press conference held online.

He started answering the questions in a somewhat disturbed mood after receiving two Coca Cola bottles when he prefers water. He even advised the world by saying “Drink water!” 

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Nevertheless, he had a good opinion of the Hungarian national team. 

Ronaldo and Santos talked about the coronavirus situation, their previous performance in the EURO tournaments and the strengths of the Hungarian national team.

“It is perfect, and I wish all locations were able to be completely filled with fans.

This is a very good thing, both for the spectators and for the players, but unfortunately, we do not decide. We know the pandemic situation and that it influences every decision” – said the Portugal captain upon asking him about the total capacity of the Puskás Arena.

He talked about winning as being the most important thing when it comes to a tournament of such grandeur and how he does not care about the position he has to play in, to achieve his goals. He also mentioned that to do so, a player’s most important quality is his ability to adapt.