Fernando Santos despatched his aspect to their last-16 battle with out the skilled famous person.
Bruno Fernandes admits Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t “comfortable” to remain out of Portugal’s lineup of their victory over Switzerland.
Ronaldo began the sport on the bench as Portugal went rampant in opposition to their last-16 opponents.
Santos changed the five-time Ballon d’Or winner with Goncalo Ramos, who stole the present at Lusail Stadium. The 21-year-old bagged a hat-trick, serving to his aspect attain the quarter-finals with a 6-1 win.
Fernandes admits Ronaldo was sad with Santos’ determination however insists CR7 is in the end proud of the sensible end result.
“Do you suppose anybody likes to be on the bench? I don’t suppose Cristiano can be comfortable,” Fernandes instructed reporters.
“If the supervisor places me on the bench within the subsequent recreation, I’d be offended.”
He added: “Cristiano is doing his job, he’s doing his half, he’s proud of the end result as a result of the objective for everybody is to go so far as potential.”
Within the subsequent spherical, Portugal will lock horns with Morocco, who snatched a sensational win over Spain on Tuesday. Let’s see if Santos will keep on with his determination over holding Ronaldo on the bench.
Having scored eight objectives in his 20 World Cup appearances, Ronaldo may surpass Eusebio as Portugal’s all-time high scorer within the match by discovering the again of the online two extra instances in Qatar.
