Cristiano Ronaldo has slammed the door on the selection. Definitely ? He has not officially confirmed it. But at 41, and after leaving Portugal’s rally in Copenhagen on the eve of a match against Denmark, it would be surprising to see him put on the Seleçao jersey again. “Even though he has not announced it definitively, with this behavior, the federation and Jorge Jesus cannot give up”says Daniel Riolo in After Football on the airwaves of RMC.
“We are in a grotesque and ridiculous film. It was predictablehe adds. This guy left planet Earth a few years ago, he’s in another world. I always thought that in recent years he had gone crazy. All you had to do was follow his Instagram account, see him himself. I put him in the category of transhumanists with Elon Musk, with these people. He’s in another galaxy, he’s no longer with us, and it’s obvious that his teammates couldn’t be with him anymore. »
Cristiano Ronaldo, “a sad and pathetic exit”
For the consultant, the Portuguese striker “no longer in human form” And “takes himself for someone else, a superman or something”. Same analysis for Hervé Mathoux who, in the Late Football Club on Canal+, harshly judges the end of the international career of “CR7”, the most capped player (234 caps) and top scorer (146 goals) in the history of his country. “This excessive pride contributes to bringing it, I won’t say so low, but in any case to spoiling the end”analyzes the journalist.
“Of course it tarnishes his image. Fortunately for him, he has done so many great things that, generally we say that we always remember the end, here we will still remember what he did before. But it’s an outing that is sad and pathetic. When a player doesn’t understand the curve of his career, (…) it almost makes us feel sorry for him”concludes the presenter. Leaving in a standoff, an undignified end for the five-time Ballon d’Or, who promised to say “the truth to all Portuguese”.
