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Portugal vs Switzerland: Does Cristiano Ronaldo help or hinder his national team?

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo on the substitutes bench. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)

So, the folks have spoken. Seventy per cent of the folks surveyed by Portugal’s widely-read sports activities newspaper, A Bola, don’t need Cristiano Ronaldo within the beginning line-up for the last-16 match towards Switzerland on Tuesday. “He is no longer CR7,” one in all them mentioned. “He is CR37.”

Jersey quantity and age aren’t the one figures related to Ronaldo for the time being. On Monday, Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr made a proposal to Ronaldo, a free agent, to hitch them for a reported wage of 200 million euros a 12 months. Amidst the negotiations, how focussed will he stay for Portugal’s first knockout stage match can be a query Portugal’s supporters – who’ve steadfastly backed their captain previously – are grappling with. (READ MORE)