Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal reach Russia for FIFA World Cup 2018
AFP
The European champions play their Iberian neighbours in the 2014 Winter Olympics host city Sochi in the opening match for both nations Friday. (Photo | AP)Ronaldo and his compatriots received a traditional Russian welcome during a bread and salt ceremony upon arrival at their team base camp in Kratovo, a leafy village 40km southeast of Moscow. (Photo | AP)Portugal are ranked fourth by FIFA and won nine of their 10 European qualifying group matches. (Photo | AP)The private jet of the Portugal football team at Zhukovsky international airport outside Moscow. (Photo | AP)The winner will be in pole position to come out on top in a Group B that also includes Morocco and Iran. The top two teams from each group qualify for the last 16. (Photo | AP)Portugal coach Fernando Santos looks out from the team bus at the airport. (Photo | AP)Portugese midfielders Joao Mario (R) and William Carvalho step out of the plane as they land in Russia. (Photo | AP)It will be the team's seventh World Cup appearance and the 33-year-old Ronaldo's fourth and likely last campaign. (Photo | AP)Portugal's best performance at football's biggest stage came in 1966, when they finished third. (Photo | AP)
