[마이데일리 = 김종국 기자] The Portuguese Football Association has denied rumors of Ronaldo leaving the national team.
With a statement on the 8th (Korean time), the Portuguese Football Association said, “There was a report that Ronaldo threatened to leave the national team to coach Santos.” “Ronaldo did not make such a threat. Ronaldo works every day for the national team and for his country and those efforts should be respected.”
Prior to this, the Portuguese media record said on the 8th, ‘Ronaldo was in a bad mood when he was replaced in the Korean match. He said his mood got even worse when he was left out of the starting list against Switzerland. ‘Ronaldo threatened manager Santos to leave the team,’ he said.
Ronaldo was substituted out in the second half of the Qatar World Cup Group H match against Korea held on the 3rd and had a war of words with Cho Kyu-sung. Regarding this, some Portuguese media reported that Ronaldo’s dissatisfaction with manager Santos was hidden due to a war of words with Cho Kyu-sung.
Portuguese coach Santos said about the situation when Ronaldo was substituted out for the Korean match ahead of the match against Switzerland, “I couldn’t hear what was going on at the stadium. I was too far away. I only saw Ronaldo arguing with a Korean player,” but “I didn’t like it at all.” didn’t,” he said.
Afterwards, Ronaldo was left out of the starting list for the round of 16 match against Switzerland. Rookie striker Ramos, who started in place of Ronaldo, scored a hat-trick and led the team to a 6-1 victory. It is the first time in 14 years that Ronaldo has not been included in the starting list in a major tournament since the Euro 2008 match against Switzerland. Santos said it was a “tactical decision” for Ronaldo’s exclusion from the start after the win over Switzerland.
Ronaldo continued the controversy even after the match by conducting recovery training with the players who started in the match against Switzerland in the training of the Portuguese national team after the match against Switzerland. With Portugal ahead of the quarterfinal match against Morocco, a sensational team in this tournament, Ronaldo prepared for the match in a chaotic atmosphere where the Portuguese Football Association even announced a statement.
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