Aidan Fitzmaurice: Roberto Martinez has a big call to make on Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese public split over whether it’s time for legendary forward to be dropped for Euro 2024 quarter-final
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is consoled by his team-mates at the end of the first half of extra-time during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 game against Slovenia at Frankfurt Arena. Photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images
How do you solve a problem like Cristiano Ronaldo when some don’t even see that there is a problem? While many observers ask the legitimate question, with sincerity, as to whether Portugal’s star man should be dropped to smooth their passage to Euro 2024 success, others view the very question as a mixture of heresy and idiocy.
If this was a normal football team and a normal situation, the matter would land on the shoulders of one man, the manager of the national side, in this case the much-travelled and widely mocked Spaniard, Roberto Martinez.
