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Republic of Ireland interim boss John O'Shea joked "I won't be playing, thankfully" as he was reminded about his first encounter with Cristiano Ronaldo before a reunion with the "amazing" Portugal star in Tuesday's friendly in Aveiro.
"Hopefully he is resting, hopefully he's having another rest - he might need another week to prepare for the Euros," O'Shea said with a smile when asked about facing his former team-mate on Tuesday. With Portugal starting their Euro 2024 campaign against Czech Republic on 18 June, 39-year-old Ronaldo is expected to feature in Tuesday's friendly having been an unused substitute in the defeat by Croatia on Saturday.
Having secured his first win with a 2-1 victory over Hungary in Dublin, beating the team ranked sixth in the world would boost O'Shea's bid to take over on a permanent basis.
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