“Às armas, às armas”, resuenan los acordes del himno de Portugal. Roberto Martínez también ‘afila’ sus ‘armas’ antes de medirse a Alemania en la primera semifinal de la UEFA Nations League.
Será la segunda ‘final four’ de la Nations tanto para ‘Bob’ -ya la jugó con Bélgica en 2021- como para Portugal, que, con Fernando Santos en el banquillo, conquistó la primera edición del torneo en 2019.
Reconocidos compañeros de profesión, con el seleccionador español a la cabeza, han querido felicitar al técnico de la ‘Seleçao’ a través de ‘Canal 11’ por su segundo aniversario en el cargo.
“La Liga de Naciones es una competición importante y queremos intentar ganarla porque en el fútbol de selecciones no hay muchas posibilidades de ganar”, asegura.
Queremos ganar la Nations porque en el fútbol de selecciones no hay muchas posibilidades de ganar
Los números son su mejor ‘escudo’. El técnico español -podría medirse a La Roja en la final- presenta el mayor porcentaje de victorias (71,04%) en la historia de Portugal: suma 20 triunfos, cuatro empates y cuatro derrotas en 28 partidos.
El exentrenador de Swansea, Wigan y Everton ha dejado atrás los históricos registros de Otto Glória (63,3%), Humberto Coelho (66,7%), Fernando Santos (63%), Scolari (56,8%), Paulo Bento (56%) y Carlos Queiroz (51%).
Cuenta, también, con el mejor ataque -72 tantos en 28 encuentros- de la historia reciente de Portugal: promedia 2,57 goles por partido. Supera los 2,35 de António Oliveira (1994-96 y 2000-02), los 2,33 de Humberto Coelho (1997-00), los 2,12 de Fernando Santos (2014-22), los 2,08 de Luiz Felipe Scolari (2003-08) y los 1,72 de Paulo Bento (2010-14) y los 1,2 de Artur Jorge (1989-90 y 1996-97).
Los mejores números de Ronaldo
El recuerdo de la Eurocopa 2024 -por primera vez no consiguió marcar con Portugal en un gran torneo- no hace justicia al rendimiento que ha ofrecido Cristiano desde la llegada de Roberto Martínez en 2023.
Tras su brillante desempeño en el banquillo de la selección belga, Roberto Martínez (Balaguer, Lleida, 1973) está logrando ahora unos registros históricos con el combinado de Portugal.
CR7, que suma 136 goles en 219 internacionalidades, nunca ha marcado tan a menudo como ahora. El ‘7’ de Al Sadd acumula 17 tantos en 21 encuentros, una media de 0,81 goles por partido.
Los números de CR7 con cada seleccionador
- Roberto Martínez –> 17 goles en 21 partidos; 0,81 por encuentro
- Fernando Santos –> 68 goles en 109 partidos; 0,62 por encuentro
- Paulo Bento –> 27 goles en 47 partidos; 0,57 por encuentro
- Carlos Queiroz –> 2 goles en 28 partidos; 0,07 por encuentro
- Luiz Felipe Scolari –> 21 goles en 74 partidos; 0,28 por encuentro
“Está al nivel de los mejores delanteros de Europa y sigue marcando diferencias. Cristiano atraviesa un gran momento como ‘9″, asegura ‘Bob’.
Cristiano atraviesa un gran momento como ‘9′, está al nivel de los mejores delanteros de Europa
Una tesis defendida por Deco. “Es una falta de respeto. Cristiano es el mejor jugador portugués y el mejor en la historia del fútbol mundial”, apuntó el director deportivo del Barcelona cuando le preguntaron por la continuidad del ex del Real Madrid en la selección.
Una ‘Seleçao’ renovada
Existe otro aspecto que pone en valor el trabajo de Roberto Martínez. Portugal se ha plantado en la ‘final four’ de la Nations League con una media de edad de 26,1 años. Entre las cuatro finalistas, sólo España (25,8) cuenta con una plantilla más joven.
‘Bob’, que ha utilizado 31 jugadores diferentes en esta Nations League, presume de cantera -Portugal se acaba de ‘coronar’ campeona de Europa sub 17- y de una selección en la que conviven tres generaciones diferentes: desde Cristiano a Joao Neves pasando por Rúben Dias.
Hay un ejemplo bastante gráfico. Rodrigo Mora (2007), Joao Neves (2004) y António Silva (2003) ni siquiera habían nacido cuando CR7 ya jugaba con Portugal. El futuro les pertenece. Roberto Martínez tiene ‘armas’ para soñar.
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