After a past season with more shadows than lights, Christian he has recovered the smile at United and, by inertia, Portugal benefits of the happiness of its great star. The Portuguese sum five goals in six games with the red devils and three in the last two meetings with his team, numbers that will allow Fernando Santos be very optimistic in tonight’s match against weak Luxembourg, one of the forward’s favorite victims (follow the game live on AS.com).
Christian has marked the Luxembourg national team six of his 112 goals as an international, which turns Portugal’s rival tonight into a sparring team against which he can continue to extend his record as the national team’s top scorer. In addition, it will add your match 182 What international, and there will be matches of the Kuwaiti Al-Mutawa, who with 186 is the player who has worn the shirt of a country the most times.
Portugal needs Yes or yes the victory to continue in the fight for the first place in the Group A, which is currently held by Serbia, which has one more point than the Portuguese and that tonight they face Azerbaijan, although they also add one more match than the Portuguese.
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PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio; Pepe, R. Dias, Guerreiro, Cancelo; Moutinho, Palhinha, B. Fernandes, Bernardo; Jota and Cristiano.
LUXEMBOURG: You die; Chanot, Jans, Michael Pinto, Carlson; S. Thill, O. Thill, Barreiro, Deville; Sinani and Borges Sanches.
Referee: B. Bastien (France).
Stadium: Algarve.
Hour: 20:45 (TDP).