The Portuguese's confidence in their first star, Cristiano Ronaldo, began to diminish little by little, while there is almost a consensus within the fans in the country on the necessity of not including him in the next matches of the national team in the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar.

Because of the level with which he appeared in the first round matches.

The newspaper "AS" (AS) reported the results of a survey conducted by the Portuguese "A Bola" website, which showed that 70% of the participants prefer not to include Ronaldo as a mainstay in the upcoming Switzerland match, in the World Cup final price.

The Portuguese hoped that the "Don" would dispel all doubts about the great decline in his form at Manchester United and that he would respond to them with a "fabulous" performance in the World Cup, but they were additionally disappointed by the pale face that appeared in the first round matches.

Ronaldo scored only one goal - from a penalty kick against Ghana - and did not appear to have any impact on the group's performance. that decided to replace it.

Ronaldo misses the opportunity for the second goal against Portugal


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According to the Spanish newspaper, Ronaldo is in a situation similar to the one he was living in at his former English club, where he ended up as a substitute before the World Cup, to make room for other players who performed well;

Similar to Rafael Leao, Andre Silva or Goncalo Ramos.

The controversy has not stopped accompanying Ronaldo since the beginning of the World Cup in Qatar, beginning with the decision of his English club to terminate his contract - after his famous media exit - and then the decline in his physical level in the first matches, and ending with the exciting movement he made to his coach after his replacement, which was harshly criticized by the masses. .

In order to extinguish the fire of anger and put an end to the controversy, Ronaldo (38 years) made it clear - in statements after the match - that the movement he made was directed at a South Korean player who asked him to hurry out, and not at his coach who decided to replace him.

It is noteworthy that the Portugal national team will face Switzerland - next Tuesday - in one of the most powerful World Cup final round matches, and if it qualifies, it will face the winner of the Morocco match against Spain.