Cristiano Ronaldo left without speaking, but surprised with a cry: “Argentina, boludo!”

Cristiano RonaldoAfter a brief spell with coach Fernando Santos, he came on as a substitute in Portugal’s 6-1 win against Switzerland to secure passage to the quarter-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where they now face Morocco on Saturday next December 10, at 12.

CR7 entered the field just 20 minutes from the end and beyond a goal not validated due to obvious offside, It had no scoring options. Finally, his replacement, Benfica’s young Gonçalo Ramos, was the star of the match and scored his first World Cup hat-trick.

For all this, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player retired alone to the locker room as soon as the Mexican referee César Ramos signaled the end of the match.

It has attracted much attention that CR7 did not stay on the pitch to celebrate victory and progress to the quarter-finals with his team-mates and Portuguese fans, a step Portugal had not reached since the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

In the mixed zone, journalists from different parts of the world sought his word, but Cristiano left without speaking.

But something very surprising happened when the reporter from Salta Mari Ro asked him if he wanted to speak for the Argentine media.

Ronaldo stopped, laughed and pointed: “Argentina! Argentina, idiot!”causing the laughter of all present with his cute cry.

​CR7 then went his own way and left Lusail Stadium.

Fernando Santos said he has “no problem” with Cristiano

The Portugal coach spoke to the press after the match and assured him the striker is a “captain’s example”.

“He is an example as the best player in the world, as a professional and as a captain. This is collective and Cristiano will continue to be a very important player for us.”remarked the expert DT.

For his part, Pepe, who handed the captain’s belt to Ronaldo when he came on, said: “He knows very well that it’s us, the team, that’s important. What happened tonight (his replacement) was the coach’s choice and we have to respect it.”

“Now we have four days before the next match. Now we have to recover well. We have enough time to feel good in the next match. I’m not saying that now we are more candidates. We have three more finals left, an already complicated match against Morocco. We have to live up to this match, which will demand a lot from us,” Pepe added on Portugal’s future in Qatar 2022.

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