Cristiano Ronaldo’s sisters came out to defend him and asked him to leave the Qatar 2022 World Cup

Portugal He’s in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup but a voice is louder at those latitudes than that good news for the Portuguese team. The local media said so Cristiano Ronaldo he threatened to quit when he was not named starter against Switzerland in a match that ended in rout. Prior to those releases, the attacker’s sisters came out to defend him on Instagram and asked him to leave Doha and return to his family.

“Come to your home, which is where they understand you, where they hug you. As it always was,” he wrote. Katia Aveiro in a large message posted on his official Instagram account. Furthermore, she was “too sad” to read and hear what was being said “not here in Qatar but in my country, in your country”.

“I really wanted him to come homehe left the national team and sat next to us to hug him and tell him that everything is fine, remind him of what he has conquered and which house he came from, I really wanted him not to go there” added 45-year-old Katia.

For her part, Elma – the eldest of the family at 49 – indicated the most critical: “I only ask for 1% of miserable and hypocritical Don’t talk bullshit out of your mouth, it even looks bad that they spat on the plate where they ate. And the worst part is that these idiots talk and then put the guitar in a place I know. Support Portugal with anyone who plays, Portugal is a team, not just Ronaldo”.

“Respect the team, the coach and above all Ronaldo, Ronaldo will be eternal. I’m proud of you brother for everything you are and represent in the world, it’s always you… and the others are others”, he pointed out harshly.

This Thursday CR7 also used his Instagram account, where 509 million users follow itto emphasize that the chosen one is “a group too united to be broken up by outside forces”.

“A nation too brave to fear any adversary. A team in the truest sense of the word that will fight for our dream until the end. Believe in us. Fuerza Portugal,” said the 37-year-old striker.

An hour after his message, he trained with the rest of the group in Al Shahaniya. During heating, in which he smiledhe has not separated from central defender Pepe, the other veteran of the group, his partner in a thousand battles in the national team and at Real Madrid.

The players then split up for an informal match between starters and substitutes. According to Fernando Santos’ eleven against Switzerland, the winner of five Ballon d’Ors was part of the second team.

A rumor and a quick denial

As revealed by the Portuguese press, CR7 has threatened to leave the concentration of his team and leave the World Cup when he learned that he would not start against Switzerland in the round of 16 won by the Portuguese 6-1.

However, this Thursday Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) He denied this information in a statement: “A news item published this Thursday reports that Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to quit the national team during a conversation with Fernando Santos.”

“The FPF specifies this at no time did the captain of the national team, Cristiano Ronaldo, threaten to quit the national team during the competition in Qatar,” the federation added.

according to the newspaper Diskthe player reportedly had a heated exchange with his coach after learning he would start the match against Switzerland on the bench, which led him to say he was leaving the national team, before changing his mind and calming down.

“Cristiano Ronaldo builds a unique record every day in the service of the national team and the country, which must be respected and which demonstrates an undeniable degree of commitment to the team. Therefore, the degree of commitment of the most successful player in the history of Portugal was even more demonstrated, if possible, in the victory against Switzerland, in the round of 16 of the World Cup.”

Against Switzerland Ronaldo came on as a substitute, something he hasn’t done since 2008 with his team, and only came on in the 75th minute without his intervention having any repercussions. At the end of the game he greeted the fans briefly and went quickly to the locker room.

After the match he received support from his relatives and, in particular, from his partner, Georgina Rodríguez. “As the 11 players sang the anthem, all targets were aimed at you. Too bad I couldn’t enjoy 90 minutes of the best player in the world. Fans haven’t stopped clamoring for you and shouting your name,” she wrote on Instagram.

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