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Shafaq News- Lisbon

Portugal has the quality to compete for the 2026 FIFA World
Cup title, Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo stated on Friday.

Ronaldo, 41, said ahead of departure to the United States
that he remains confident in the current generation of national team’s players
and their ability to compete at the highest level. We arrive with hope,” he
noted.

When asked about his fitness, Ronaldo replied, “Haven’t
you been watching the games?” adding that friendly matches should not be
viewed as a definitive measure of a team’s prospects. He dismissed concerns
about his physical condition ahead of what is expected to be the sixth and
final World Cup of his career.

Portugal will begin its Group K campaign against the
Democratic Republic of the Congo before facing Uzbekistan and Colombia.