Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken of his happiness in helping Portugal qualify for next summer’s European Championships which will be the evergreen forward’s fifth.
“It is always important and a proud occasion to represent the national team, and scoring goals that helped us qualify,” he said after the game.
“We had two games we had to win. I am very happy that we won, and qualified for my fifth European Championships.
“It’s difficult to play on these types of fields, a potato field. I don’t know how it’s possible for teams at this level to play on fields of this quality.
“The performance wasn’t beautiful, but we did our job. It was the pitch we had to play and, and we won 2-0, which was our priority.”