Ronaldo’s sister on Portugal without him: “Back to mediocrity”

Elma Aveiro, Cristiano Ronaldo’s brother, used social media to speak out after the player left the national team camp this Wednesday. Portugal will face Denmark next Wednesday in the Nations League.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had already missed training last Tuesday, the 29th, decided to leave the national team after coach Jorge Jesus’s remarks at a press conference. Among other things, the manager said that no player decides how his job (as coach) should be done.

Elma Aveiro described the matter as a lack of respect toward the greatest idol in the country’s history. CR7’s sibling said her brother had done a lot for the national team, which will now go back to being mediocre.

“CR7 deserved more respect. The national team deserved more structure. Portuguese journalism deserved more competence and less speculation. As for the Portuguese, well… They do not deserve to have the best in anything. We are envious, dismissive, ignorant, and we deserve a return to the mediocrity that always existed in pre-CR7 football,” Cristiano Ronaldo’s sibling posted.

Understand the Jorge Jesus x Cristiano Ronaldo saga

Cristiano Ronaldo will no longer play for the Portugal national team. The greatest idol in the country’s history, the 41-year-old player made a post on social media this Wednesday, the 30th, to confirm the end of his time wearing the national team shirt. CR7 was with the squad in Denmark, where Portugal will face the hosts next Thursday, the 1st, in the Nations League.

The RTI Esporte Agency had already reported on the crisis involving CR7 and Jorge Jesus. The player felt uncomfortable about not coming off the bench against Norway in Portugal’s win last week. In yesterday’s training session, Cristiano left the training ground and returned to the hotel where the squad is staying.

In his official statement, Cristiano Ronaldo cited Jorge Jesus’s press conference to justify his departure from the national team. The player promises to tell the truth about the reasons that led him to give up representing Portugal.

“After the National Team Coach’s press conference, and following a conversation with the President of the Portuguese Football Federation, I made the decision to leave the national team camp. In due time, I will tell all Portuguese people the truth about the reasons that led to my departure from the national team, to which I have always dedicated myself. Now is the time to wish good luck to Portugal and to all my teammates, without exception,” Cristiano Ronaldo wrote on social media.

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