Sad first for Cristiano Ronaldo. We had to wait for his 226e selection, Thursday evening in Ireland, to see the Portuguese striker (40 years old) receive the first red card of his career with his national team. An expulsion which was accompanied by an embarrassing defeat for the Selaçao (0-2), which is therefore still not qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
If Roberto Martinez was rather understanding with “CR7”, author of an elbow in the back of John O’Shea (59e), his gesture of humor earned him severe criticism in Portugal. Daily life In Bola thus let go by affirming that the five-time Ballon d’Or “should be ashamed” of this bloody attack, punished with a yellow before Mr. Nyberg consulted the VAR.
“The worst part was the reaction to this whole charadealso wrote the newspaper. Imitated crying, as if the Irishman who had received the elbow was faking it, head gestures, as if he did not understand what was happening, passing by the applause of the public, as if it was the stands’ fault and not his own that he had been sent off. »
Cristiano Ronaldo suspended for three matches?
For the writing ofIn BolaCristiano Ronaldo
“made a mistake” on the pitch at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. “The least he can do is apologize, but what he really should do is be ashamed.” But if even MartĂnez defends him by saying ‘there is no violence’, ‘he tried to push him away’ and ‘he was unlucky’, then I have little hope…”
This red card is all the more problematic as it will automatically deprive Al-Nassr’s star scorer from the final match of the Europe zone qualifiers against Armenia on Sunday. And if the regulations are applied to the letter, he could also miss two more matches, potentially the first two of his very last World Cup.
