Telling no-show sparks fresh Ronaldo rumours

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Cristiano Ronaldo refused to bid with the team's substitutes up of Portugal's quarter-final, according to reports from Portugal.

Ronaldo came disconnected the seat successful a 6-1 triumph implicit Switzerland that moved Portugal into the quarterfinals with his 21-year-old replacement Gonçalo Ramos, scoring a hat-trick successful the triumph — a show definite to rise questions implicit the superstar's aboriginal with his nationalist team.

The grounds goalscorer congratulated Ramos connected the tract astatine the extremity of the game, past walked toward the Portugal conception of fans and concisely clapped successful their direction.

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But arsenic the remainder of the squad had their infinitesimal of instrumentality appreciation, Ronaldo near his teammates down and walked disconnected unsocial done the tunnel.

Speaking connected Portugal's triumph and Santos' selection, Ronaldo said: "Incredible time for Portugal, with a historical effect successful the biggest contention successful satellite football.

"Luxury accumulation of a squad afloat of endowment and youth. Our enactment is to beryllium congratulated.

"The imagination is alive! Until the end! Strength, Portugal!"

But it appears things aren't arsenic rosy arsenic what the shot champion wants the nationalist to believe.

According to Portuguese work EFE Deportes, a time aft Portugal's qualification, manager Fernando Santos organised a grooming league for players who started connected the seat against Switzerland, and Ronaldo was reportedly not among them.

The study states Ronaldo was with the players successful the starting squad successful the gym, contempt starting the past lucifer disconnected the bench. Whether that means the 37-year-old volition commencement successful the adjacent lucifer against Morocco connected Sunday greeting AEDT is uncertain, but section media claims it is astonishing that helium was not with the radical of substitutes.

Ronaldo's benching besides led to his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, to telephone retired the manager connected societal media aft the match.

In a station connected Instagram, Rodriguez congratulated Portugal connected its triumph portion suggesting the fans astatine the crippled came to ticker the prima and besides took a veiled changeable astatine the coach.

"Congratulations Portugal. While the 11 players sang the hymn, each the goals placed connected you," she wrote.

"What a shame not to person been capable to bask the champion subordinate successful the satellite during the 90 minutes. The fans person not stopped claiming you and shouting your name.

"I anticipation that God and your beloved person Fernando (Santos) proceed manus successful manus and marque america vibrate 1 much night."

Ronaldo's sisters besides came retired successful defence of the shot legend.

Katia and Elma Aveiro shared messages of enactment connected societal media for Ronaldo.

Katia Alviero wrote: "Portugal won. Thank God. New talents shone. Wonderful. (...) And adjacent this does not invalidate the smallness of a ample portion of the Portuguese. And this is what is not right, due to the fact that they support cursing, they support insisting connected the discourtesy and the ingratitude. Very bittersweet with what I work and hear. Not present successful Qatar, but successful my country, successful your country... But truly sad.

"I truly wanted him to travel home, permission the nationalist squad and beryllium adjacent to america to hug him and archer him that everything is fine, punctual him of what helium achieved and what location helium came from, I truly wanted him not to spell determination anymore, we person already suffered capable (they volition ne'er cognize however much). You are large and the small ones bash not realise however large you are... Come home. That is wherever they recognize you, wherever they hug you".

Elma Riviero wrote: "Support Portugal whoever plays. Portugal is simply a team, it's not conscionable Ronaldo... Respect the team, the coach, and particularly Ronaldo. Ronaldo volition beryllium eternal, ne'er forgotten for everything helium did and WILL DO."

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