Cristiano Ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute in Wednesday’s Manchester United-Tottenham match (2-0), as revealed today by Erik ten Hag, coach of the ‘red devils’, in the press conference before tomorrow’s classic against Chelsea in Stamford bridge.
Cristiano Ronaldo will not be called up for this match after Ten Hag left him out of the group on Thursday, so from now on he will train alone for a few days, after his rudeness on Wednesday, when he left the bench and go to the changing rooms. in the 90th minute before the end of the game against Tottenham.
The precedent of the friendly against Rayo
Ten Hag spoke to Cristiano today and said that “he is still an important part of the team”, but argued that he had to be punished to respect the culture of the team after warning the Portuguese and others teammate on leaving Old Trafford after being substituted. in the remaining pre-season friendly against Rayo Vallecano.
“I’m the coach, I’m responsible for the culture here and I have to set standards and values and control them,” Ten Hag said. “I made a warning at the beginning of the season. After the game against Rayo, I told him it was unacceptable. This is the second time and there must be consequences. When you are together, when you play together, and the football is a team sport, you have to meet certain standards and I have to control it.”
Source: La Verdad
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