With Portugal knocked out of the continuing FIFA World Cup 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of ever successful the coveted trophy have been dashed in what was in all probability his ultimate look within the event. To make issues worse, the 37-year-old was additionally criticised by followers and consultants for his show within the group stage, after which was consequently benched for the Spherical of 16 and quarter-final video games.
The Portugal captain managed to attain just one objective in Qatar, which got here in Portugal’s opener and did not impress in opposition to Uruguay and South Korea. The European aspect even misplaced to South Korea 1-2 of their ultimate group stage match. Then within the Spherical of 16 sport, Portugal supervisor Fernando Santos took the daring choice to bench Ronaldo and substitute him with Benfica’s Goncalo Ramos. Making his World Cup debut, Ramos went on to seize a hat-trick as his aspect sealed a 6-1 win vs Switzerland. However then within the quarter-final, the tactical change did not work for Santos as Morocco went on to safe a historic 1-0 win and Ronaldo did not make an influence after coming in as an alternative within the second-half.
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Since then, Ronaldo has already posted a message for his followers on social media, the place he expressed his unhappiness at lacking out on the trophy for Portugal, who’ve additionally by no means gained the World Cup. Just lately, he posted a narrative on Instagram, the place he revealed that he was nonetheless overcoming the ache of Portugal’s exit. He posted a photograph, the place it was scribbled, “3 ASPECTS OF REALITY PAIN, UNCERTAINTY AND CONSTANT WORK”.
At the moment a free agent, Ronaldo has been rumoured to hitch Saudi Arabian membership Al-Nassr within the coming days. In response to stories, he has been supplied a two-and-a-half 12 months deal price 200 million euros per season. His Manchester United contract was terminated after a controversial interview with Piers Morgan, the place he criticised the membership and supervisor Erik ten Hag.