The historic victory once morest Switzerland in the previous round (6-1), supposed to mark the beginning of the revival, finally became an unbearable emotional lift. Since it must embody the year I following CR, this new generation will also be entitled to the same level of requirement, in successes as in failures, as the one who carried the Seleção – or attempted to do so – for more than fifteen.
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In the same way that the lesson inflicted on the Nati made it possible to draw a line, the cold shower which followed immediately served to erase it. In the land of fado, sisters and companion of Cristiano Ronaldo no longer hid their words. “Today your friend and coach made the wrong decisionwrote Georgina Rodriguez knowing perfectly well the resonance of such a message in the country. You can’t defend someone who doesn’t deserve it.”
This sum of reactions, which often take on the air of lobbies when they concern the fivefold Ballon d’Or, has somewhat blurred the situation and made the idea survive that CR7 must still play a major role within this selection. Facing Morocco, Portugal was no good without him. He wasn’t much better with it.
The effects of Ronaldo’s status have become too heavy
At the time of sorting out, it would however be more useful to measure his impact on the group, which has become much heavier than his weight on the game. His controversial interview, his controversial quip with Bruno Fernandes then with João Cancelo, his true -false agreement with a Saudi club, his real-false desire to leave the group following becoming a substitute… The effects of the status of the best Portuguese player in history are no longer made bearable by his performance on the pitch. At a press conference, theleave him in peace” swung by Fernando Santos also sounded like calls for help from a whole group.
The Engineer had played his last card knowing full well that this decision was necessary, in the face of the profusion of talent and following years of throwing players in clusters without it advancing the Seleção das Quinas. He also knew what it would entail, both for the very close relationship he had with the star and for his position. A course stopped in the last four, by France or England, might have given him a reprieve.
Santos caught by his choice and by the FISC
Where many will always line up behind CR7, even when he will no longer be able to succeed in the slightest technical gesture, Fernando Santos has been let go by public opinion, following having nevertheless taken the most difficult decision, the one that all the people demanded him through polls carried out almost every week by the press.
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