Cristiano Ronaldo is currently experiencing the most difficult days of his rich career. He broke up with Manchester United and currently does not have a club (he denied the contract with Al Nasr), but he is also dissatisfied with the Portuguese national team.
Although in many respects he is a record holder in his selection, his teammates won the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar without him, demolishing Switzerland 6:1. For that match, Ronaldo found himself in the role of a reserve player of the national team for the first time since the 2008 European Championship. And then the opponent was Switzerland, and in the meantime Portugal played 31 matches with Ronaldo in the starting line-up.
On Tuesday night, one of the best goal scorers of all time played from the 73rd minute, and a day later he was not present at the training of the players who did not perform in the round of 16 or, like him, had less playing time. Instead of the mentioned group of players, Ronaldo worked in the gym with the players who started against Switzerland from the first minute, writes Marca.
The Spanish newspaper states that many journalists at Portugal training were surprised by this, and were told by Portuguese federation officials that Cristiano Ronaldo was not injured. It should also be noted that on the Instagram profile of the Portuguese national team, photos of players from training on the field were first published, among them Rafael Leão, the scorer of the sixth goal, Ruben Neves, Joao Mario … Ronaldo was added later, as in sneakers, he trains separately from others.
Coach Fernando Santos has already criticized him for his behavior and by leaving him on the bench sent a clear message to Ronaldo that he is not untouchable. This time it is unlikely that Ronaldo did not act in agreement with the coach and that he decided on his own initiative how to train, but considering that his replacement Gonzalo Ramos scored a hat-trick against Switzerland, and the team played the best match since arriving in Qatar, the big question is whether Cristiano Ronaldo will returned to the starting line-up for Saturday’s match against Morocco (16:00) in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
