Cristiano Ronaldo is having a charity match, according to Alexi Lalas, who also alleges that the Portugal captain “hurt” his country during Euro 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo is having a charity match, Alexi Lalas alleges that the Portugal captain “hurt” his country during Euro 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo endured a nightmare tournament at Euro 2024, despite playing every game in tournament.

Ronaldo was left in tears against Slovenia after missing a penalty, before scoring in the shootout to send Portugal into the quarter-finals.

The Al-Nassr star failed to score and only managed to provide one assist, in his side’s 3-0 group stage win over Turkey.

According to Lalas, “When it comes to Portugal and Ronaldo in this tournament, they have no one to blame but themselves.

when I say ‘themselves’, ultimately it rests with Roberto Martinez, He made his bed and that bed was with Ronaldo in it.

If it was not a player called Cristiano Ronaldo, in any other circumstance, that player would’ve been taken off the field.

Not necessarily because he’s not good, but strikers are there to serve a purpose. And obviously, the ultimate purpose is to score goals, or at the very least to be dangerous.”

“What you ended up having in this tournament was a charity game set up for Ronaldo and that’s not even fair.

This is a situation that Roberto Martinez created and Cristiano Ronaldo accepted and certainly didn’t do anything to change.

Ronaldo will head back to Saudi Arabia to prepare for the 2024-25 season with Nassr, as questions rage over his future with the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo is yet to win a major trophy with Al-Nassr, who were beaten to the Saudi Pro League title by Al-Hilal last term.