“I didn’t like his attitude at all after he was substituted against South Korea,” denounces the coach Fernando Santos in reference to Madeira’s crack, unable to believe that age no longer forgives
He continues to break records, becoming the only player in history capable of scoring in five stages of the World Cup, but Cristiano Ronaldo still does not accept that the turning point in his brilliant career has long passed and that he has reached the logical decline due to a purely biological demand. After an internal and media push at Manchester United with Dutch coach Erik ten Hag leading the Portuguese star to end his contract with the ‘red devils’, Ronaldo has now changed the focus of his country’s team in the World Cup in Qatar in a powder keg. And, what’s worse, they did it in the hours before the eighth finals that ‘das Quinas’ will play against Switzerland this Tuesday.
The war with their experienced coach, Fernando Santos, burned the Portuguese concentration. In addition to the typical on-field gestures of the Madeiran crack, which almost always point to a teammate not passing him a ball or not noticing a gap, or to the coach because of the way the Portuguese play, the breakout arose as a result of the footballer’s attitude when he was substituted in Friday’s clash with South Korea, which corresponds to the final day of the group stage, when there was still half an hour to go.
“You’re in such a hurry to kick me out, fuck you!!” Those are the disrespectful words Cristiano spat at his coach when he was substituted for the Asians in an already inconsequential moment, as Korea went on to win 2-1 but the Portuguese qualified as group leaders. Visibly unhappy after the change, ‘CR7’ later said his anger was due to an argument with a rival footballer.
The scene was broadcast in great detail on Portuguese television and was aired even more when a special envoy from the Portuguese channel attended Fernando Santos’ last conference to ask him about the incident. “I don’t know anything about what happened in the field, I’ve only seen him argue with a Korean. I don’t want to talk about that anymore, but about Tuesday’s game,” the coach said initially, referring to Tuesday’s round of 16 against Switzerland. However, he quickly acknowledged that he didn’t like his star’s attitude at all.
“But I saw the footage and I didn’t like it at all. I really didn’t like it at all. These stories need to be resolved internally and they did. The case is over,” Santos settled, annoyed that these controversies are distracting from focus “Because of these gestures of Cristiano and because of that information that first separated him from United and now they put him in the ranks of Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia from January. “I have not spoken to him about a transfer. I knew nothing about this Saudi offer, I just found out. It’s a decision that suits him,” said Santos. “We are focused on the World Cup and the match, and so is he,” he added.
The presence of Ronaldo, 37, in the starting eleven is a controversial subject among Portuguese fans, but Santos assured he is not paying attention to this debate or any media polls in favor of his replacement. I don’t read this kind of material. It’s not disrespectful, it’s just that we have three days to prepare for the games and I can’t wait for any other news. We concentrate on the next game. I don’t know who will be the captain, I don’t even know who will play. We will decide before the game,” he added.
Cristiano’s ego and excessive ambition know no bounds and prevent him from naturally performing the logical physical limitations and the wear and tear that come with his 37 years and such a long and successful career. After scoring first in five World Cups, he is now obsessed with breaking his compatriot Eusebio’s record in the major planetary event. The legendary Portuguese striker, now deceased, scored nine goals at the World Cup in England ’96.
Cristiano, who has eight in all his World Cup appearances, wants at least one more to equal the other great myth in the history of football in his country and understands no pauses, nor minutes of nonsense. That’s why he swore in Hebrew on Friday when he was no longer on the pitch when the referee awarded a penalty in favor of his team against the South Koreans and Bruno Fernandes launched it.
Source: La Verdad
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