Cristiano Ronaldo confirms Portugal exit | OneFootball

Cristiano Ronaldo will no longer play for the Portugal national team. The country’s greatest idol in history, the 41-year-old player made a post on social media this Wednesday, the 30th, to confirm the end of his spell in the national shirt. CR7 was with the squad in Denmark, where Portugal faces the hosts next Thursday, the 1st, in the Nations League.

The RTI Esporte Agency had already reported on the crisis involving CR7 and Jorge Jesus. The player felt bothered after not coming off the bench against Norway in Portugal’s victory last week. In yesterday’s training session, Cristiano left the practice site and returned to the hotel where the squad is staying.

Cristiano Ronaldo cited Jorge Jesus’s press conference

This Wednesday, Jorge Jesus spoke again about the situation and said that Cristiano Ronaldo would once again be an option on the bench. Since last Wednesday, the president of the Portuguese Football Federation had been in Denmark trying to calm the situation.

In his official statement, Cristiano Ronaldo cited Jorge Jesus’s press conference to support his departure from the national team. The player promises to tell the truth about the reasons that led him to give up representing Portugal.

“After the National Team coach’s press conference, and following a conversation with the President of the Portuguese Football Federation, I made the decision to leave the National Team camp. In due time, I will tell all Portuguese people the truth about the reasons that led to my departure from the national team, to which I have always dedicated myself. Now is the time to wish Portugal and all my teammates, without exception, good luck,” Cristiano Ronaldo wrote on social media.

What did Jorge Jesus say?

“I can promise whatever I want. I’m the coach. This is very confusing for your head. I’m the coach and I told the player that he was not going to play. ‘I’m going to put you on the bench. If I need you for 30 minutes, you’ll play. If I don’t need you, you won’t play.’ No player will ever change my ideas. Not him, not anyone in football. No president either. Never. Zero.”

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