Cristiano Ronaldo is liable to being stripped of Portugal’s captaincy forward of the nation’s World Cup Spherical of Final 16 knockout tie in opposition to Switzerland on Tuesday.
That’s based on a latest report from the Guardian, who claims the 37-year-old’s behaviour following Portugal’s 2-1 group recreation defeat in opposition to South Korea has left supervisor Fernando Santos ‘unimpressed’.
Fernando Santos was deeply unimpressed with Cristiano Ronaldo’s behaviour because the ahead left the pitch in opposition to South Korea and refused to ensure that the 37-year-old would captain Portugal within the last-16 tie in opposition to Switzerland.
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Portugal made it by to the distinguished match’s knockout phases after topping Group H with six factors.
Nonetheless, though their defeat in opposition to South Korea didn’t injury their possibilities of persevering with within the competitors, it will have definitely slowed their momentum down as a result of previous to dropping factors, Portugal had been one of the consistent-looking sides.
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Now getting ready for an enormous conflict in opposition to Group G runners-up Switzerland, if Portugal are to progress to the World Cup’s quarter-finals, they need to put in a significantly better efficiency than the one they did in opposition to South Korea.
Ronaldo’s angle, which noticed him fume at full-time, has clearly not gone down effectively, and followers will now have to attend to see if the five-time Ballon d’Or winner can be allowed to proceed because the nation’s captain.
Portugal and Switzerland’s knockout tie, which is scheduled to happen on Tuesday 6 December, is ready to kick off at 7 p.m (UK time) and can be broadcast stay on ITV.
