Everyone is partying, Cristiano Ronaldo goes to the locker room…
Portugal, who beat Switzerland 6-1 in the round of 16 fight at the 2022 World Cup, earned a ticket to the quarterfinals, while all eyes were on Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the match. While the entire team celebrated in the stands, Ronaldo headed alone to the locker room.
In the poll conducted in Portugal before the match, thousands of people voted for Ronaldo to start Switzerland’s match as a substitute, while manager Fernando Santos removed the 37-year-old from the bench for “tactical reasons”. In the match in which Ronaldo started as a substitute, Portugal almost drowned out Switzerland with a goal. Portugal, which made it 5-1 until the 73rd minute when Ronaldo entered the game, took to the field for the first time since EURO 2008 in a game in which the experienced footballer was not in the starting eleven.
Goncalo Ramos, who replaced Ronaldo, managed to attract attention with his hat-trick. The world star, who after entering the game showed an ineffective image and responded to the cheers of ‘Ronaldo’ from the stands with a suggestive smile, made a move that surprised everyone at the end of the match.
ALL IN CELEBRATION, RONALDO’S DRESSING ROOM
Responding to the cheers of the fans with applause, the captain of the Portugal National Team, Ronaldo, went to the locker room while the rest of his teammates celebrated the joy of the tour.
With his behavior isolated from his teammates and registered by the fans in the stands, Ronaldo was among the 11 worst performing players in the group stage.
Ronaldo, whose three-match average is 6.7 out of 10, scored his only goal in the tournament from a penalty in the Ghana game, although he was the only player to score in 5 World Cups.
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‘GIRL SANTOS’ ALLEGED
On the other hand, it was stated that coach Santos, who explained Ronaldo’s reservation as “tactical reasons”, did not like the attitude of the experienced footballer when he was removed from the game in the South Korean match, so he left the reserve . .
Ronaldo, who was a substitute in a major tournament for the first time in 14 years, faced a lot of interest from journalists before the match began. It was claimed that Ronaldo, who received great support from the crowd when he entered the match, was not happy on the bench for the first two goals scored by Portugal.
Source: Sozcu
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