National coach Fernando Santos denied Ronaldo’s alleged threats to leave the World Cup today at a press conference in Qatar.
Fernando Santos stated that “the conversation with Ronaldo naturally took place” and that when the coach said that Critiano would not be in the starting line-up, the captain “did not take my point of view so calmly, which is normal”. , but “I never said I wanted to leave the national team, never.”
He normalized the situation by stating that “it’s normal for any player to be unhappy with not playing” and that “a player who is not unhappy with not playing for the national team has no place in the team”.
He also urged all Portuguese to “leave Ronaldo alone, he doesn’t deserve it”, recalling that “for everything he’s done for the national team, he doesn’t deserve it”.
The national coach believes that Portugal will beat Morocco, but warned that “it will not be an easy game, Morocco has many qualities”.
At the end of the press conference, Fernando Santos said: “I believe that Portugal is still going far and this is only possible because of the fantastic atmosphere that exists between the 24 players” and the national coach believes that “without this it would not have been possible , we have reached here.”
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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