Santos is not happy with Ronaldo's behavior after being substituted

Fernando Santos.

EPA

Portuguese national team coach Fernando Santos admitted yesterday that he was not satisfied with the behavior of his star Cristiano Ronaldo, who appeared angry when he was substituted in the last match of the group stage in the Qatar 2022 World Cup against South Korea last Friday.

Ronaldo came off in the 65th minute during the 2-1 defeat by South Korea and initially appeared to be making gestures towards a South Korean player, but the Portuguese media showed scenes in which they said the striker had used obscenities to protest Santos' decision.

"I answered after the match and I will do it again now," Santosh said when asked about his reaction to those scenes.

I don't know anything about what happened on the field, I saw him arguing with a Korean player.

I don't want to talk about it anymore, but I saw the scenes and I didn't like them at all.

I never liked it.”

He continued, “These matters have been settled, we are solving them internally, and it is over.

We have come to an end on this matter.”

Ronaldo's starting role in the team remains a hot topic among Portugal fans, but Santos said he paid no attention to the controversy or to online polls on the matter.

An opinion poll conducted by the widespread Portuguese newspaper "A Bola" showed that 70% of the participants do not want Ronaldo to start against Switzerland today in the round of 16.

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