๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Cristiano Ronaldo will NOT return to the Portugal national team while Jorge Jesus remains manager.
Ronaldo is said to be OUTRAGED by Jesusโ handling of the situation and no longer trusts him following their recent fallout.
โHe has stopped believing and stopped trusting.โ
โ @cnnportugal
๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Portugal plans to SACK Jorge Jesus to facilitate the coming back of Cristiano Ronaldo๐คฏ
Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday made it clear that He will not return to the Portugal national team as far as Jorge Jesus is still the head coach.
@piersmorgan@Cristiano So, our Portuguese team should have stopped playing?!? You are an idโฆ. @Cristiano is absolutely loved by the Portuguese fans but he forgot about us as well you muppet. If you do love football, please do us a favor and shut up!!!
๐จ๐ต๐น Luis Nani blasts the Portuguese players for their recent playstyle:
Luis Nani ๐ฃ๏ธ: โSometimes I watch Portugal now and I honestly have to ask myself, what happened? Why are these players suddenly playing with so much personality, so much movement, so much courage? Because when Cristiano was still in that dressing room, I didnโt see this same Portugal.
Now I see players making runs behind the defence, I see Bruno and Vitinha receiving the ball and immediately looking forward. They are playing line-breaking passes, taking risks, moving the ball quickly, trying to hurt the opponent. This is exactly what you want when you have attacking players around you.
But where was this when Cristiano was there? We had the greatest finisher in football history standing in front of them, and somehow the team would become slower, more predictable and more passive. You had a player who could turn half a chance into a goal, and instead of giving him more opportunities, sometimes it looked like they were afraid to play forward.
And now suddenly everybody wants to attack. Suddenly everybody wants to make runs. Suddenly Bruno is playing those passes between the lines, Vitinha is breaking defensive structures, and the full-backs are getting forward. You look at Cancelo too. He hadnโt scored since September last year, and now he has scored two goals in two games. Two! So I have to ask: where was this version of Cancelo when Cristiano was still around?
People can say Iโm being emotional because Cristiano is my friend and my former teammate, but Iโm talking about what I saw. I was in that dressing room. I know what it feels like to play alongside him. And I also know what it looks like when people are no longer giving everything for someone.
For me, it became obvious that some players didnโt want Cristiano anymore. You could feel it in the way certain things happened, in the way the team played and in the attitude around him. And Iโm sorry, but I will never understand that. You can disagree with your captain. You can have different personalities. You can even have arguments. But how can you hate Cristiano Ronaldo?
This is the greatest player Portugal has ever produced. He carried that shirt for almost two decades. He gave everything to the national team, broke records, won trophies and made Portugal believe we could compete with anybody in the world. He didn't just represent Portugal; he helped put Portuguese football on another level globally.
And now that he is not there, some players suddenly look liberated. That is what disappoints me. If you had this freedom, this courage and this attacking mentality all along, then why didnโt you show it when Cristiano was there? Why did you wait until the greatest goalscorer in our history was no longer standing in the box?
Iโm not saying Portugal cannot become better without Cristiano. Of course they can. Every generation changes. But donโt rewrite history. Donโt pretend Cristiano was the problem simply because the team now looks different.
If anything, his presence should have made these players want to give even more. You had the best finisher in football history ahead of you. Your job was simple: create chances, play forward and give him the ball. Instead, too often we saw hesitation.
So when I watch Portugal now, Iโm happy because I want my country to win. But I also feel frustrated, because I keep thinking about what could have been. Imagine this Portugal playing with this same courage, these same runs, these same forward passes, while Cristiano was still leading the line.
Maybe we would have seen something very special.
And that is the part people need to understand. Cristiano didnโt need Portugal to protect him. Portugal needed to use him properly. When you have a player like that, you donโt make the game smaller for him. You make the game bigger.
For me, the biggest regret is that some of these players only seem to have discovered that after he left.โ
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@piersmorgan We are waiting for @Cristiano to say something about what happened, not more puppets. As a Portuguese and a GREAT CRIS SUPPORTER, you are just another puppet!!! Sorry for the honesty. Stay safe ๐ค
I have no words.
I stand with Trump, I love my President, but as a Christian, Iโm speechless.
Maybe he doesnโt realize how deep this picture looks or would represent, but I canโt condone this.
I have no words.
At the end of the day, Trump is man, not Jesus.
Wow.
Trump is having a mental health episode right now. Heโs been posting on social media all night. He posted at:
9:49pm (Ai Jesus photo)
9:50pm (Trump tower on moon)
10:10pm (dumb meme)
10:32pm (news clip)
10:53pm (news clip)
12:43am (announcing Hormuz blockade)
2:35am (article about Biden)
2:36am (article on naval blockade)
2:37am (article on Rep. Swalwell)
2:37am (posted the same article about Biden again)
2:38am (article on his ballroom)
4:10am (article on Iran)
Heโs not sleeping, heโs pretending to be Jesus, and heโs posting all night. Heโs not well.