This is what the star and captain of the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo, would have done in response to the decision of his coach, Fernando Santos.. Here is what happened.
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The star and captain of the Portugal national team, Cristiano Ronaldo, showed high professionalism in the match against Switzerland in the round of 16 in the 2022 World Cup when his coach, Fernando Santos, decided to start him on the bench.
The Portuguese national team won the match, 6-1, to qualify for the quarter-finals, where it will play against Morocco on Saturday.
During the match, Ronaldo did not show any feeling of dissatisfaction with his coach’s decision and even got up from his place to celebrate with his teammates when scoring goals.
But after the match and behind the scenes, things were not like that, according to what the newspaper reported.record” Portuguese.
Although Santos had stated that there was “no problem” with Ronaldo and described him as a “model of a leader”, the Portuguese star discussed with his coach before the match about the latter’s decision to exclude him from a match and did not hide that he was ready to leave the national team and leave Qatar, according to what the Portuguese newspaper reveals. .
The newspaper adds that this matter caused great confusion in the ranks of the Portuguese national team, before Ronaldo retracted what he said because “he still has a role to play with the national team,” according to what he was told.