Cristiano Ronaldo has officially bounced from the Portugal training camp in Denmark, making an abrupt exit after head coach Jorge Jesus flat out told reporters the captain wouldn’t be starting their next match.
This ain’t just some minor benching, either. Jesus had already said Ronaldo, who’s 41 years old now, would be a sub again. We’re talking about a guy who sat the *entire* game against Norway on Sunday, and now he’s not even slated to start Thursday’s Nations League clash away to Denmark. It’s wild to see.
Ronaldo had actually been training solo in the gym since the weekend, which, looking back, kinda makes sense now. He was supposed to link up with his teammates at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Wednesday, but after Jesus’s press conference, he was outta there. You gotta wonder what’s going through his head right now.
Portugal’s got that Nations League clash away to Denmark coming up Thursday. With their captain gone, you know it’s gonna be a whole different vibe on the field. What a mess.
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Originally reported by The Guardian.
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