The Portuguese soccer player and the German coach would have a broken relationship, according to various media reports. The trigger was the Portuguese’s dismissal in the defeat (4-1) against Manchester City due to an alleged hip injury that the player’s sister has denied on social networks.
Cristiano Ronaldo was not on the pitch, neither on the bench nor at the Etihad Stadium watching his teammates succumb to his rival in the Manchester Derby. His absence surprised everyone and has caused quite a stir as he was the top scorer in the Red Devils in an important duel in order to fight for a place in the Champions League despite not being a direct opponent. Ralf Rangnick’s argument at a press conference was as follows:
“I have to believe my medical department. Our doctor came to see me on Friday morning before training and said that Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t train due to problems with his hip flexor. On Saturday it was the same, that’s why he couldn’t make it to the match”.
As if this absence were not enough, the Teutonic coach himself could not say when the return date of Madeira or Edinson Cavani would be, so that the next matches could have to be faced with few means in the offensive plot against important rivals :
“I don’t know when they will recover. I was hoping to have them available for this game. We have two important games against Tottenham and Atletico Madrid and we have to focus on that.”
According to the newspaper The Sun, there was a trip by Cristiano Ronaldo to Portugal during the course of the game. The media itself ensures that it is a way of making his anger with the coach visible, while the information that comes from the player’s environment is contradictory. Said source assures, on the one hand, that he was 100% ready to play and that he did not do so for technical and tactical reasons, although on the other, that the trip was to treat his hip.
Manchester United have ten Premier League games left where the essential objective must be to finish in the top four. However, he is fifth, one point behind the Champions League quotas with three games more than Arsenal and six of Chelsea with two more. Manchester City and Liverpool (+22 and +16) with the same numbers and one game less, are on another step.
In addition, to Red Devils They must be expected to have a worthy participation in the highest continental competition. They will host Atlético de Madrid on Tuesday, March 15, between the home match against Tottenham Hotspur and the visit to Anfield, with the aim of generating an advantage after the draw (1-1) in the first leg at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a contract at Old Trafford until the summer of 2023, while Ralf Rangnick has it for the remainder of the season since landing in December as caretaker manager. Starting in July, his role will change to advisor within the club. Until then, both are condemned to understand each other in the coming months to achieve the minimum objectives of a discipline of the entity of Manchester United.
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