Portuguese football is going through a crisis which is causing a lot of noise following the hasty departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from the national team gathering. This psychodrama broke out after the match against Norway, where the 41-year-old striker remained on the bench for the entire match despite a long warm-up.
After the Seleçao’s last match, Sunday evening again against Norway, the president of the Lusitanian federation, Pedro Proença, tried to put out the fire. The latter publicly described the matter as simple “misunderstanding” which must be resolved internally.
Same story from Jorge Jesus, who affirmed that it was a purely tactical decision and that there was no
“no incident” with the five-time Ballon d’Or. The Lusitanian technician also refuses to apologize for his sporting choices, while specifying that the door remains open if CR7 accepts his authority.
Ronaldo wants Jorge Jesus’ head
For his part, Cristiano Ronaldo would not have appreciated his coach’s posture at all. To the point of no longer wanting to return to the selection as long as Jorge Jesus is in charge. “He reportedly declared that he would not return to the national team, at least not as long as Jorge Jesus is the coach”said journalist Rui Santos on CNN Portugal this Monday evening.
“He is extremely unhappy with the way this whole affair has been handled, he added. Ronaldo was particularly outraged by the content of the statements made by Jorge Jesus. He stopped believing and trusting the contradictions between the expressed desire to bring back Cristiano Ronaldo, so that he could still participate in the Nations League, and at the same time saying and fully emphasizing that “no one should apologize, I am not here to ask for excuses, I am the one who makes the selection of the team”and therefore an exercise of authority. » Suffice it to say that the crisis is not yet over.
