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PORTUGAL – LIECHTENSTEIN
Roberto Martínez begins his journey towards the Eurocup, after passing through the Belgian team, and his first rival will be Liechtenstein, a more than modest team. The Spanish coach replaces Fernando Santos after eight years in the Portuguese team. Both teams share a group with Iceland, Bosnia, Luxembourg and Slovakia and Liechtenstein will seek to surprise in the first match against which was already European champion in 2016.As a novelty, Cristiano Ronaldo returns and will do so with a match record. He will be the player with the most games played in history with his team. Joao Félix is also in great form, so he will be of great help to the team. Besides, the team led by Rene Pauritsch will face this match with the utmost enthusiasm, but being aware that they start with a clear disadvantage. Liechtenstein has never won in an official match against Portugal, with which the statistics will try to break it.
AS to watch in Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese ‘7’ returns to the Portuguese team after a few months of absence. He will debut with Roberto Martínez and will mark a historical record of matches (197) with his team.
AS to watch in Liechtenstein: Hasler. The visiting midfielder plays for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Second Division and is one of the team’s oldest.
