In Portugal they say that Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to leave the World Cup and the Portuguese Federation has clarified the situation

According to the newspaper ‘Récord’, after arguing with his teammates and leading a conflict with the national coach, Fernando Santos, Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the tournament when he learned of his replacement against Switzerland. However, two days after facing Morocco, the Portuguese Football Federation came out to clarify that CR7 will not be leaving Qatar and will be in the quarterfinal match against Morocco. Now, the question is whether or not he will recover the property.

There is no pause in the debate which puts the player with the most caps (195) and most goals (118) for the national team at the center of everything in Portugal. Since his team landed in Qatar, Cristiano has stolen the headlines: he arrived with clamor for his statements about Manchester United and got off to a bad start in relations with his teammates, including Bruno Fernandes.

Everything has been questioned since CR7 arrived in Qatar. His leadership in the Portuguese team, his goal against Uruguay (which in the end was Bruno’s), his reaction with the coach after the 2-1 defeat against South Korea, his debut in the round of 16 of the World Cup… And, now, his reaction to an unexpected substitution. Cristiano threatened to leave the concentration?

This was stated in a news item published on Thursday Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to quit the national team during a conversation with Fernando Santos, the national team manager. The FPF (Portuguese Football Federation) clarifies that at no time did the team captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, threaten to leave the team during the concentration camp in Qatar,” the organization said on its official website when the quarter-finals loomed. the final.

The statement came after information published by ‘Record’, according to which Cristiano Ronaldo “threatened to leave” the 2022 World Cup concentration in “a heated conversation with Fernando Santos”, the national team coach, although then the captain “calmed down”. He thought and changed his mind. It also ensures that the “group” stayed “out” of such a situation, according to the newspaper.

The FPF defense went further in its five paragraphs released at noon from its Al Shahaniya rally west of Doha. “Cristiano Ronaldo builds a unique career every day in the service of the national team and the country which must be respected and which certifies the unquestionable commitment in the selection. Indeed, the degree of dedication of the player with the most international caps for Portugal showed itself once again, if necessary, in the victory against Switzerland in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup”. with his eyes on Morocco.

In the match against Switzerland, won 6-1, Cristiano Ronaldo came on as a substitute (Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves also entered the field, the only four, together with goalkeeper Diogo Costa, who started in the three rounds of the knockout phase). groups) for the seventh time in his last 186 international duels, including the match, and for the first time since 2 June against Spain (1-1), because he had accumulated a month without competing and was not in the best condition to start over

Fernando Santos contextualized it in sport (“It was due to the characteristics of the game, they are different players -referring to him and Gonçalo Ramos, his replacement in the starting eleven-. Dalot also came in, Cancelo left… He to do with what I thought about the dynamics of the game”, said the coach at the end of the match), not about extra-sports, about the gesture that the attacker didn’t like “nothing” to the coach after the 2-1 defeat against South Korea.

“Problem? I’ve already answered this question. No problem, we’ve been friends for many years. Everything is perfectly settled and he set the example of a true captain,” said the coach just two days ago. , he exceeded expectations: he scored three goals and gave away another.

Enough to unseat Cristiano Ronaldo now? Has something changed in the selection? Isn’t it as indisputable as before? This Saturday’s line-up, in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup against Morocco at the Al Thumama stadium, will give an answer to all the questions that arise around the Portuguese champion, with the insistent doubt about his ownership or replacement in such a decisive clash , in his last World Cup, directly linked to Tuesday’s scorer, the young Benfica striker, also in the running for the eleven.

currently, Cristiano trained on Wednesday at the gym (along with the rest of the starters against Switzerland), after his substitution, but the same thing happened between the win against Uruguay (2-0) and the defeat against South Korea (2-1), when he was permanent starter in each of the two games, without any physical problems that would make him unavailable to Fernando Santos, who has already lost two players in the tournament: Nuno Mendes and Danilo Pereira.

Both the left full-back, who was injured in the second leg against Uruguay, and the central defender, due to the fracture of three rib arches suffered a week and a half ago, had continued in the squad for the World Cup, despite their participation in the rest of the squad. tournament was already finished, discarded, but from now on they will continue their development outside Qatar, in France, under the orders of their club, Paris Saint Germain.

“The national team (players, coaches and FPF structure) have been fully committed and enthusiastic since day one to build what the country wants to be Portugal’s best participation in a World Cup“, assured the federation on Thursday in the release on Cristiano Ronaldo, amid constant turmoil. The only way to achieve that goal is to reach the final. The Portuguese team was already third in England 1966. Now they want more.