Is Cristiano Ronaldo playing today? Portugal captain's status for Euro 2024 qualifying match

Brad Cox

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Cristiano Ronaldo has been included in Roberto Martinez's Portugal squad for the latest round of international fixtures in Euro 2024 qualifying.

The Al Nassr forward has scored 36 goals in his 42 appearances in Saudi Arabia since he made the move east almost a year ago, after his acrimonious exit from Manchester United.

Despite some concerns about the league's quality of football, Martinez has included Ronaldo in every Portugal squad this year, and the striker has so far repaid that faith from his national team boss.

The Sporting News takes a look at Ronaldo's availability for Thursday's match. 

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Is Ronaldo playing vs Liechtenstein?

The forward has scored four goals in his previous two European qualifying matches for Portugal, with braces against both Slovakia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. 

So far in the European qualifiers for Germany 2024, Ronaldo has only missed one match. That was Portugal's 9-0 win against Luxembourg in September, which he was unavailable for due to suspension, having picked up two yellow cards.

Ronaldo has once again been included in Portugal's squad for these matches, which would suggest he is in line to start against Liechtenstein. 

The last time he faced the country sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria was back in March when he yet again, scored a brace. 

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What time does Liechtenstein vs Portugal kick-off?

The Euro 2024 qualifier will be held on Thursday, November 16, at Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

The time of the match will be at 8:45 p.m. local time. Here is how that translates to time zones in different regions around the world.

  Date Kickoff time
USA Thu, Nov 16 2:45 p.m. ET
Canada Thu, Nov 16 2:45 p.m. ET
UK Thu, Nov 16 7:45 p.m. GMT
Australia Fri, Nov 17 5:45 a.m. AEST
India Fri, Nov 17 12:15 a.m. IST
Hong Kong Fri, Nov 17 2:45 a.m. HKT
Malaysia Fri, Nov 17 2:45 a.m. MYT
Singapore Fri, Nov 17 2:45 a.m. SGT
New Zealand Fri, Nov 17 6:45 a.m. NZST

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Liechtenstein vs Portugal live stream, TV channel

  TV channel Streaming
USA Fox Sports 2 Fox Sports App, VIX
UK Viaplay Sports
Australia Optus Sport
Canada DAZN
Hong Kong
India
Malaysia
New Zealand
Singapore

USA: This match is available to live stream with Spanish language options on ViX.

Canada: This match can be streamed live via DAZN.

UK: All Euro 2024 qualifiers will be shown on Viaplay Sports.

Australia: The game is available via Optus Sport.

Brad Cox

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Brad is a content producer for The Sporting News and has previously worked for the likes of Squawka and The Athletic. His career highlight to date is reporting from the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final in Paris.