Cristiano Ronaldo may not be having his best year, but no one can deny that he does try his best in every single play. His commitment with the Portugal National team is absolute and despite having missed the 18th penalty of his career in Portugal's defeat last Friday against Bulgaria, manager Fernando Santos is not worried for his skipper.
After the match during the press conference, Santos backed Ronaldo and assured he is saving the goals for the Championship: "In the national team, and the clubs where he's been, Cristiano has always been a reference -- always worth 40, 50 goals per season He didn't score [against Bulgaria] but he's reserving his goals for the Euros. We created many chances but we couldn't score. If we didn't create then, yes, I would be apprehensive."
But Ronaldo got also backed by teammate Nani, who thanked Cristiano for supporting him when he arrived in Manchester during their United days: "I lived in his house to begin with -- me, Ronaldo and Anderson. That was very important for us, because we were so young and he [Ronaldo] had all the experience. He knew how to deal with everything [in England]; the streets, the cameras, the driving rules, because it's so different in England compared with Portugal. He helped a lot and gave me a lot of advice in training. He was very important and I was so happy about that; to have a teammate from my own country who gave us that little bit of help to make us that little bit more confident."
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