Santos backs misfiring Ronaldo for Hungary clashBy AFPPortugal coach Fernando Santos is backing misfiring Cristiano Ronaldo to break his Euro 2016 duck by netting against Hungary on Wednesday to help fire his side into the last 16. "Ronaldo is a player who scores a lot of goals and I'm sure he will score in the next game against Hungary," said Santos. Ronaldo is still waiting for his opening goal in France to become the first person to score at four consecutive European championship finals. "It was the first time we failed to score during my reign," said Santos. He crashed a 79th-minute spot-kick against the post in Paris having also failed to score in the 1-1 draw with Iceland last Tuesday.

Source: Standard Digital June 21, 2016 12:22 UTC