Nuno Gomesgreat former striker of Fiorentina and Portugalspoke to the microphones of Sky Sports before the eighth-finals of the national team coached by Roberto Martinez against Slovenia: “Am I surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s altruism? For me that’s football (referring to the assist against Turkey, ed.), he has to pass the ball to his teammate to score, he’s in a better position. I understand he surprised everyone though… He’s looking for the goal, until that happens he’ll work for the team. He’s experienced now, he knows that when you don’t score the only thing to do is keep working, sooner or later he’ll do it, I hope today”.
A thought on Fiorentina who lost 3 finals in two years?
“Unfortunately he didn’t win a final, three are a lot, but I hope he wins in the near future.”
In Italy there is a lot of talk about Leao who is often criticized for his inconsistency. What do you think?
“You’re asking the wrong person, I really like him. I worked in the Benfica youth sector when he was at Sporting CP, he won the Under 15 and Under 17 championships on his own, I tried to sign him twice… He’s someone who can decide the match, if he wants he can become better, maturity will bring him this sense of responsibility because sometimes from the stands you can’t tell what he’s thinking. But all phenomena are like that”.