Much was speculated on the content of the brief discussion and later Fernando Santos was questioned about it.
The defeat of the Portugal team left surprising images, but one of the ones that most caught the attention of the fans is that of Cristiano Ronaldo arguing with Fernando Santos in the middle of the grass after the final whistle of the game he lost against Serbia (1-2) , so he lost the options of obtaining the ticket to Qatar directly.
In the graphs you can see Cristiano gesturing visibly angry when the coach goes to shake his hand. Then the technician turns around, apparently uninterested in what the star has to say to him. AS from Spain.
Much was speculated on the content of the brief discussion and later Fernando Santos was questioned about it. The coach wanted to clarify that Cristiano was not complaining about any of his decisions, but that the goal that he sent Portugal to the playoffs had not gone through the VAR: “He said that in Serbia he had scored a goal in the last minute that did not it had been validated. It’s normal, I was frustrated ”.
In a message on his social profiles, the Manchester United player acknowledges that “yesterday’s result was hard, but not enough to bring us down,” says the Madeira player.
By finishing second in the group, Portugal will have to play the playoffs in March and Cristiano recalls that “the objective of marking a presence in the 2022 World Cup is still alive.”
Ronaldo has also left a message of confidence so he has insisted that the selection of “las quinas” knows what they have “to do to get there”, in relation to the World Cup in Qatar.
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In his message, Cristiano explains that “football has shown us time and again that, sometimes, it is the most winding roads that lead us to the most desired results.”
Now he will play a play-off next March where he will have to win the two games he plays if he wants to be in the World Cup.
The play-offs in the European zone will be played by 12 teams, with semi-finals and single-match finals. The three winners will get a place in Qatar. (D)
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