Why Portugal dropped Cristiano Ronaldo against Switzerland at the 2022 World Cup?

Posted by Xchange Tickets on December 7th, 2022

The current conduct of the former Manchester United forward has resulted in his expulsion from the starting lineup for Portugal's World Cup match against Switzerland in 2022. Portugal has substituted Cristiano Ronaldo for Cristiano Ronaldo for their FIFA World Cup Round of 16 matches against Switzerland.

After Ronaldo's most recent antics, manager Fernando Santos has been under increasing pressure to drop the superstar forward, and it has now been confirmed that he will sit on the bench for Tuesday's game.

Before joining his teammates, Portugal's tournament has been marred by off-field obstacles that date back to Ronaldo's time playing for Manchester United, his former employer.

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The six-time Ballon d'Or winner, who was given a minor role in Erik ten Hag's revolution at the club, was unhappy with his situation and launched a vicious attack on the club last month. In the end, it led to the termination of his contract just two days before his nation began their journey in Qatar.

All of that appeared to have been covered up by a goal in the first match against Ghana, but new developments since the Seleço's last game in Group H have sparked a new debate about whether it would be better to leave Ronaldo out of the starting lineup.

Ronaldo's reaction when he was substituted in the 65th minute of Portugal's 2-1 loss to South Korea in the final round of group games has sparked the latest drama.

The opposition striker Cho Gue-Sung, who had attempted to hurry Ronaldo off the field while the score remained level, was the initial target of Ronaldo's rage. However, Santos learned that his striker's outburst was partly caused by his displeasure at being substituted.

In an effort to put an end to the situation, the veteran coach addressed the issue in his press conference yesterday.

“I did a flash interview when the match ended. Then I went into the press conference. I’d heard him (Ronaldo) in discussion with Korea’s players,” said Santos. “But I didn’t like the other images when I saw them Not at all. I really didn’t like them. Now, everything has finished. That issue is finished. Full stop everyone has to focus on tomorrow.”

Then, he was asked if Ronaldo would be punished for the incident, possibly by having his captaincy taken away from the former Real Madrid player.

“I only decide who’s going to be the captain when I reach the stadium. That’s what I always do. The other matter is solved. It’s been solved at our camp. That’s it,” he said, eager to remain coy.

Finally, the topic of the conference shifted to how the Portuguese people have started to feel about Ronaldo, and if Santos would respond. In the aftermath of the last match, a poll in the country’s media displayed that 70% would be in favour of his axing for the Round of 16 in favour of Benfica’s Gonçalo Ramos.

This time, the Portugal boss replied: “Look, I do not read this type of information. I’m not paying attention to polls or any other type of business. I’m focusing on the immediate match. I’m not worried if this is right or wrong. Since I started coaching this squad, this is the way I do things.”

With an alleged £173 million-per-year contract offer from Saudi Arabian outfit Al Nassr and further speculation about the striker's club situation, Ronaldo must now sit on the bench for the game.

Benched Cristiano Ronaldo Sent Brutal Message by Manchester United Great

In a FIFA World Cup Round of 16 matches, Portugal manager Fernando Santos made the crucial decision to move Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench.

Fernando Santos, Portugal's manager, made the crucial decision to move Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench as the team advanced to the FIFA World Cup knockout game against Switzerland. Fans and football pundits went crazy on social media when they saw that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was not in the starting XI. They were curious about what took place between Ronaldo and his manager. Soon after the news broke, Ronaldo was urged by Gary Neville, a former defender for Manchester United, to stop "sulking." For more know about Football World Cup Tickets.

Recently, Neville has been quite critical of Ronald, particularly since the five-time Ballon d'Or winner began to act aloof toward his Manchester United manager, Erik Ten Hag.

Neville has once again taken a position against Ronaldo in an interview with ITV. He said that his managers at Juventus and Manchester United might have been "wrong." But is the Portugal manager also "wrong" for benching him?

"Well what happened at United, the suggestion was, it was because [Erik] Ten Hag was trying to make a move on him, he's trying to establish his authority. This is a manager [Santos] who's got an unbelievable relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo for eight years.

"And there are a lot of fans of Cristiano Ronaldo who aren't willing to tell him the truth. I think he does need to listen to the truth that it’s becoming a little bit of a scruffy end” he said.

Neville, who briefly worked with Ronaldo at Manchester United, urged the Portuguese player to preserve his "short-term legacy" and stop stomping and sulking so much.

"It wouldn't surprise me if he came on tonight and scored the winner, but the petulance, the stomping around, the sulking it's got to stop because it doesn't reflect well on him at all.

"His long term legacy is set, he's protected. He's one of the great all time players but in the short term, he's got to do a lot better, because is the Juventus manager wrong? The Manchester United manager wrong? And now is the Portugal manager wrong? There's three of them that now have done the same thing with him," Neville had said before the start of the match.

Regarding Portugal's match against Switzerland, Ronaldo's team won easily to advance to the quarterfinals.

In the 2022 FIFA World Cup's knockout phase, Portugal faced Switzerland. Despite Portugal's benching of Cristiano Ronaldo for the game, they demonstrated that they could manage without him. After firing a laser into the top shelf, Goncalo Ramos scored in the 17th minute.

Then, in the 33rd minute, Pepe scored, becoming the oldest player to score in the knockout phase. Ramos completed the hat trick in the 67th minute, Raphael Guerreiro scored in the 55th, and Goncalo added another goal in the 51st. Portugal won the final 6-1 thanks to a late goal from Rafael Leo.

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