Cristiano Ronaldo wants more

Cristiano Ronaldo wants more

Holland, tough opponent in the final of the League of Nations. Koeman has resurrected a Dutch team that did not go to the World Cup or the European Championship

In that cockfight between Cristiano and Messi to dominate his individual record, the player of Juventus can land in the middle of selections if he wins the League of Nations (follow the game live on As.com). Cristiano has 26 titles at club level and Messi 34; However, the Portuguese raised the Euro of 2016, while Messi never won anything with his selection at an absolute level. That is what is highlighted by one and criticized by the other.

It will be another incentive to enjoy a final that measures two booklets, two generations. Holland is a romantic challenge to current football. Koeman has managed in a single year to build a great team with the remains of a selection absent in the last World Cup and European Championship.

Two beardless teenagers have been fundamental in this growth: De Ligt in the back and De Jong in the creation. If a selection has been good this League of Nations, both in the group stage and in the Final Four, has been to Holland. In just a few months he has defeated Germany, France and England, the other day, on his way to the final today. A high.

Without Pepe. Portugal, on the other hand, demonstrated in the semifinals that with Fernando Santos there is no place for improvisation. Its secret is the tactical and defensive order, and the stuck of Christian above. Thus won the last European Championship. It is not brilliant, but it is effective. Today the coach will not have Pepe, one of his defensive bastions and out of competition after injuring his shoulder blade in front of Switzerland. On the other hand, Joao Felix will remain at the top with Cristiano despite his poor role in the semifinals. It is waiting for you.

The winner will be the first champion of the League of Nations and will also pocket 10.5 million euros. It will not fit a pin in O Dragao, as the Portuguese pretended when asking to be the hosts. The match will put the finishing touch to a revolutionary idea of ​​UEFA that began between doubts and ends with a Christian-Holland.