Former Kazakhstan national team footballer Evgeniy Lovchev Jr. shared insights about a friendly match against the Portuguese national team, in which current Saudi Arabian Al-Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut. The Portuguese footballer is now 39 years old.
“Playing for the national team and receiving praise from Scolari? It happened. It was a friendly match, Portugal against Kazakhstan. In the first half, we faced Couto, Costa and Figo. Our eyes were wide open! Then in the second half, Deco, Pauleta, Simão came on and Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for the national team, with Scolari as coach. We lost 0-1. We returned to Kazakhstan with the feeling of winning. After the match, Scolari was asked who he could highlight, and he mentioned me and someone else,” Lovchev Jr. told “RB Sport”.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the 2016 European Championship champion with the Portuguese national team. In the final of the European Championship, the Portuguese beat the French team with a minimum score of 1-0.
