Portugal midfielder Otávio denied media reports which suggested Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the national team.
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‘He never wanted to leave,’ said the Porto player, adding ‘it’s normal a player gets upset when he doesn’t play’. Ronaldo, who has scored 118 international goals, started on the bench in Portugal’s 6-1 last-16 win against Switzerland after reacting poorly to being substituted in the final group game against South Korea. Otávio insisted the team was ‘united’ with their captain.
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19 Comments
The media is great…😗
The media trying so hard to portray him as a bad person and tarnish the legacy of a legend like Ronaldo who has worked so hard in his career. Disgusting
Qué onda con la prensa diciendo que todos quieren que se vaya, neta están pasados
I dont understand these questions.
Even if he did want to leave (hypothetically) do they think his team-mates are gonna tell it to the press? 😂
Those news channels are nonsense
Unhealthy media about cr7,finding for cheap publicity
Portugal handled this situation better than Man United . Unlike Man United who put this all out instead of keeping it internal , they are trying to just put this to rest and focus on playing
breaking news : cr7 is now in his toilet
Thank you for telling us the truth unlike like the medias always creating such a big deal every single little thing that he did .. man. Madia are so busy with Ronaldo life .. I’m jealous of him
To be honest I’m supporting Portugal 🇵🇹 national team because of cR7
Not only me there’s millions & billions of fan are supporting & pray 🙏 win 🏆 Portugal 🇵🇹 because of cR7
Without cR7 in team Portugal 🇵🇹 nothing & not possible to reach quarter final for sure
If he’s not playing for the next matches I’m guaranteed it Portugal 🇵🇹 will lose the World Cup 200% sure
Don’t judge one match performance
CR7 is a gem & most experience player in Portugal 🇵🇹
He’s a goat 🐐 world number-1 player
So Portugal 🇵🇹 pls use him, he will give u World Cup trophy 🏆
Without him & thn go back to home 🏡
There’s a no chance to win the match
All the best to CR7’s team Portugal 🇵🇹
My favourite team
And everyone denied he would start as a substitute. Ronaldo is not part of Portugal’s best eleven and should only be subbed on from now on.
So queremos ganhar. E estes cabrões só querem vender notícias
As the coach said it was tactical. nothing more or less. and a player will always want to play ofc but they need to stick to the plan. thanks for this! some media sucks especially fox haha
Otavio denies??? Is that how u place it?? Leave Ronaldo alone please
Even Cancelo got benched in that game but the name Cristiano sells the news
Thank you Otavio.
CR7=CR700=GOATNALDO=GOAT 🐐.
The "haters" are being sponsored by so-called media so as to derail CR7 & the Portugal brigade.
Ronaldo wanted to leave Manchester not the Portugal national team
Otavio seems to be trying hard to hold his laughter
we believe and akawys support Ronaldo