Fernando Santos’ decisions were not digested in Ronaldo’s family.
Cristiano Ronaldo received a lot of criticism, once again.
Morocco made history and was the first African country to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup. Portugal fell 1-0.
Captain Ronaldo burst into tears and rushed off the field straight to the dressing room. He entered the field in the 51st minute when Portugal was already down.
Ronaldo’s benching seemed to be a hard place for Ronaldo’s whole family. Spouse Georgina Rodríguez vented his disappointment and threw the head coach Fernando Santos under the bus in his Instagram story.
– Today your friend and coach made a bad choice. The very friend you value so much. As soon as you got on the field, the match turned to Portugal, but it was already too late.
– You can’t leave the best player in the world on the bench. Life teaches. Today we didn’t lose, we learned, Rodríguez wrote.
The captain did not stay on the field with his teammates. PDO
The rest of the footballing world watched as Portugal found a whole new gear to play in the quarter-finals against Switzerland as Ronaldo’s replacement in attack Gonçalo Ramos.
Ronaldo’s sister Elma Aveiro shared updates on her Instagram story calling for Santos to be fired for their treatment of Ronaldo.
The Portuguese Record magazine reported on Sunday that 10 national team players will remain in Qatar with their families. One of them is Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to Giorgina Rodríguez, her husband deserved more playing time. EPA / AOP