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Pepe did not spare kind words about Cristiano Ronaldo - his teammate at Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team.
"Cristiano is the face of our national team. He is an ideal for many people and a true professional.
I hope he will continue to play for the Portugal team for a long time, because Ronaldo is the best in the world both as a footballer and as a person," Pepe said about his compatriot who will play his 100th match for the national team on Tuesday.
"The Portugal team was undoubtedly better than the Russians and created many opportunities to score.
Meanwhile, the hosts were lucky and they won and scored at the beginning of the match," the defender said, remembering the Friday fiasco in the World Cup qualifying matches.
