After the 3-0 success against Ireland, Cristiano Ronaldo he commented: “Is the first goal among the best of my career? “I don’t know, I have to rewind the tape, watch all the goals. The most important thing is that the team did well. We played well, the team is organised. Regardless of who scores, the goal was to win, to give confidence. The boys did well. Those who entered also gave a good response.
Criticism after the defeat against Croatia? Success only comes from criticism, that’s normal. With what the Portuguese expect, there is no margin for error, it doesn’t exist. They always want Portugal to win, given the generation and talent we have, it is normal that they always want them to win. A defeat is always bad, but that’s where good things come from and we learn if we don’t always walk with our arms open and our chest in the air. It’s nice to have your feet on the ground and your thoughts in the sky, which is to dream of the Euro. We all dream, we are prepared.
Playing for the national team is a passion, it’s a love. And every match is special for me. Obviously it’s a European Championship, it’s special, it’s the sixth European Championship, it’s also a record. Is it possible to repeat 2016? This is the thought. We must be positive, take it step by step, but dream, because I think that dreaming is free, and this team must dream, due to the talent it has, but as I often say, talent without working makes no sense so the team is prepared to work and quality will come to the fore”