Kratovo — Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal held their first World Cup training session on Sunday at the team’s base in Kratovo, southeast of Moscow, five days ahead of their heavyweight opening clash against Spain. All 23 players in Fernando Santos’s squad took part in a 90-minute open training session held in light drizzle and chilly temperatures hovering around 10°C. The European champions were put through a series of possession-based training exercises, before working on their finishing, with Valencia winger Goncalo Guedes, on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, looking particularly sharp in shooting at goal. The Portuguese squad was then divided into two teams for a game on a half-sized pitch, with Ronaldo at one point thumping a ball over the training complex’s fence and into the trees in a fit of frustration. The Real Madrid star’s presence had earlier elicited loud cheers from the 100 or so fans in attendance at the ground, with a similar number of media representatives present along ...
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