The newspaper published on its cover, Thursday, a headline: “Ronaldo threatened to leave.”
And the Portuguese newspaper revealed that the “Don” threatened to leave his country’s camp in the World Cup, as soon as he learned that he was sitting on the bench during the meeting with Switzerland.
It seems that the crisis between Ronaldo and coach Fernando Santos began during the group stage match against South Korea.
When Santos decided to replace Ronaldo in the 65th minute, and the result indicated a positive tie, with a goal for the same, and Ronaldo appeared angry as he left.
The media captured the words that Ronaldo repeated as he left the field, saying: “You are in a great hurry to get me out.”
The anger was very clear on the face of the “Don”, which was what the coach commented on during the press conference before the meeting with Switzerland, stressing that it was unacceptable, and as a result he decided to punish Ronaldo by placing him on the bench in the last Swiss match.
Ronaldo’s exclusion against Switzerland
- Portugal coach Santos revealed the reason for the sudden exclusion of captain Ronaldo from the starting list against Switzerland.
- Santos said the decision to exclude the captain from the starting line-up was “tactical”, despite what appeared to be anger on Ronaldo’s part after he was substituted against South Korea in the last Group H clash.
- Santos explained: “I already explained it. I’m not going to explain it again. They (the Swiss players) are different. (Ronaldo’s exclusion) was part of the game plan.”
- He added, “There is no problem between me and Ronaldo. We have been friends for many years. The players make the decisions. It does not affect us.”
Video
He sparked a video showing Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo leaving the stadium alone and directly, while the team’s players celebrated their 6-1 victory over Switzerland in the match that brought the two teams together, on Tuesday evening.
Goncalo Ramos, who replaced Ronaldo, performed impressively, scoring a hat-trick against Switzerland during the match that was held at Lusail Stadium.
- The 21-year-old Benfica player opened the scoring for the Euro 2016 champions, before adding two more goals in the second half.
- Ronaldo came on in the second half, replacing Joao Felix, but the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner failed to score.
- Social media pioneers commented on Ronaldo leaving the stadium while his colleagues were celebrating qualifying for the quarter-finals in the World Cup, where Portugal will meet Morocco next Saturday, and one of the tweeters commented on the video: “When Ronaldo is not the center of attention, this is the result.”
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