Rafa Leao towards Euro2024 with Portugal: coach Roberto Martinez assigns a new role to Milan’s 10
After doing it with those of Samu Chukwueze, Tijjani Reijnders and Isma Bennacerlet’s also take a look at the performance of another national team Milan: Rafa Leao he was busy this evening with the Portugal. His selection easily won 3-0 against Ireland in a friendly (the last before the European Championship), but the particularity that interests the Rossoneri fans is that Leao was deployed in a position and module that was innovative for him.
Paired with CR7
In fact, today the Technical Commissioner Martinez he fielded a 3-4-1-2 with former Milan player Diogo Dalot and Joao Cancelo on the wings and the Bruno Fernandes-Joao Neves duo in midfield. The attacking midfielder was Joao Felix, who acted behind the attacking duo formed by Rafa Leao and his idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
In this new role, which requires less coverage, the Rossoneri number 10 played the entire first half collecting two shots (one on target), 87% of successful passes and even a key pass. The curiosity remains to understand how much and where his quality will be exploited in the important international tournament which will see Portugal debut next Tuesday against the Czech Republic.
