Cristiano Ronaldo did not threaten to leave the World Cup after being dropped from the team to play Switzerland in the round of 16, Portugal coach Fernando Santos said on Friday. (More Football News)
Santos did acknowledge his star player was 바카라not happy바카라 to be told he was not in the starting lineup in a private meeting on Tuesday after lunch, hours before the game.
Ronaldo's replacement Gonçalo Ramos scored three goals in 6-1 win. The all-time leading scorer for Portugal came off the bench in the 74th minute.
바카라Cristiano obviously was not very happy about it. He told me Do you really think it's a good idea?'" Santos said one day before facing Morocco in the quarterfinals.
"He has never told me that he wanted to leave the national team," Santos said in translated comments, dismissing reports in Portuguese media. 바카라It is time we stopped with this conversation and the controversies. He celebrated all the goals that we scored."
"It is time for you to leave Ronaldo alone in acknowledgement of what he did for Portuguese football," the coach said.
Santos declined to say if he would change the team and restore Ronaldo to face Morocco.
