cAnd Cristiano Ronaldo and Fernando Santos had a “hot” talk before the match against Switzerland, in which they crushed Portugal, 6-1, and secured qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, which is being held in Qatar.
According to Thursday’s edition of the Record newspaper, the forward was not happy to hear he would be benched, so he “lost his mind” and even threatened to leave the national team focus.
Indeed, the 37-year-old ended up masking his intentions and staying with the rest of the squad, even watching the match against the Swiss side from outside, and was released just 73 minutes later, substitute João Felix.
As for the rest of the Portuguese team, the post adds, he does his best to put himself on the sidelines, trying to make sure he doesn’t undermine the positive atmosphere we’re seeing at the resort, where he has faith in winning the World Cup.
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