The national coach, Fernando Santos, was harshly criticized by a journalist and close friend of Cristiano Ronaldo during one of the best-known sports programs in Spain, El Chiringuito. Edu Aguirre talks about the coach stabbing the team captain in the back and even says that the coach owes the former Real Madrid and Manchester United player to continue in charge.
“Me, It seems to me the greatest betrayal in the history of Portugal. It is a stab from Fernando Santos to Cristiano Ronaldo”, the Spanish commentator began by saying, who immediately assured: “It was an attack by the coach that not even Cristiano himself understood”.
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– El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) December 12, 2022
But the controversial claims didn’t stop there. In addition to considering that Ronaldo “has stood up for the coach more than once”, the journalist went so far as to say that the coach only remains in office because of CR7. “If it weren’t for him, Fernando Santos wouldn’t have been a coach for several years”he assured, without realizing it. However, for Aguirre one thing is certain: the player could never have been a substitute during the tournament in Qatar. “When you know what Cristiano suffered on and off the field, you know that it is his last World Cup, you know what he gave and continues to give to Portugal, being the best player in the country’s history… you can’t leave it in the bank????????
Edu Aguirre believes that Fernando Santos was “forced to change teams” against Morocco, that is, to put the former Manchester United player on the field as soon as the second half began, because Without Ronaldo, in the first 45 minutes, “Portugal did not create scoring chances”???????? In addition, he continued, “Cristiano Ronaldo knows how to play under pressure for the World Cups, the Champions League. There are guys who can’t take that pressure.”
The journalist also defended that “Fernando Santos was wrong and he knows he was wrong” and again described the coach’s choice as “a betrayal.” And, when confronted with the opinion of other colleagues in the program about the decision to base himself on CR7’s sports performance, he was adamant: “Tell me, what great player does Portugal have to put Ronaldo on the bench? There isn’t, there isn’t”????????
Source: Observadora
