New Delhi [India], Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez explained the logic behind selecting Cristiano Ronaldo in his squad for the upcoming Euro 2024. Portugal announced their squad for the highly anticipated tournament starting in Germany on 15 June. The 39-year-old player will be participating in his 11th major international tournament. The former Real Madrid sensation has made 206 appearances for Portugal and scored 12 goals. He will look to build on his record-breaking performance in the upcoming marquee event.Talking about Ronaldo's selection, Martínez said that the statistics are enough to justify the selection of the experienced striker. He believes Ronaldo deserves to be in the team due to his high-scoring form for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. "As far as Cristiano Ronaldo is concerned, I think it is better to talk about statistics. A player who scores 42 goals in 41 matches for his club shows consistency, is always fit and quality in front of goal. The physical ability to stay is what we really need." Martínez told reporters as quoted by Goal.com."We don't select players based on where they play. We want to build the best team and call the 26 players who make the best team. We monitor the players' individual performance and their role in the locker room. Such players Who have secondary roles in important locker rooms and others who have important roles in less strong locker rooms, from now until March 2023, we have a lot of information," he said. Along with Ronaldo, Portugal will also get the services of six forward players in the team.Martínez has also included Bernardo Silva, Diogo Jota, Francis Conceição, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Félix, Pedro Neto and Rafael Leao ahead of the tournament, as Portugal prepare for the tournament during friendlies against Finland, Croatia and Ireland in June. , Martínez's team will then face Czechia, Turkey and Georgia in the group stage of Euro 2024.