Ronaldo faces Schick in battle of top marksmen from last Euros

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Portugal v Ireland - Aveiro Municipal Stadium, Aveiro, Portugal - June 11, 2024 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts REUTERS/Rodrigo AntunesLEIPZIG, Germany : The joint top scorers at the last European Championship will face each other as Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal play Patrik Schick's Czech Republic in their Euro 2024 Group F opener on Tuesday.

While he may have moved away from Europe's elite to play in Saudi Arabia, the goal-getting instincts of the leading scorer in men's international football seem as razor sharp as ever. Having sat out most of that final eight years ago through injury, he has failed to propel Portugal to further glory at two subsequent World Cups or at Euro 2020, when they were knocked out in the last 16.

Yet their manager Roberto Martinez knows all about the pitfalls of leading a supremely talented bunch of players at international tournaments, having failed to turn Belgium's so-called 'Golden Generation' into tournament winners."We have 23 players. We create competitiveness and the game makes decisions," he said earlier this month."But Cristiano is prepared to help the team and give everything he can give.

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