[월드컵] "Discord rumors" Ronaldo and Fernands train together... Portugal as a whole

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Ronaldo and Portuguese players

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Cristiano Ronaldo (37) and Bruno Fernands (28, Manchester United) of the Portuguese national football team, surrounded by dissenting rumors, started training together.

The Portugal national football team started their second local training session on the 20th at 10:30 (local time) at Al Shahaniya SC’s training ground outside Doha, Qatar.

After entering Qatar on the afternoon of the 19th, he had his first training session and on this day he will have his program in the morning.

Up to six players, including Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid) and Otabiu Monteiru (Porto), who had recovered indoors the day before, took to the ground and 26 players became a “complete squad” that day.

The players who came to the training ground one by one slightly exchanged the ball. Ronaldo followed suit and joined his teammates.

Among them, what caught my attention was definitely Ronaldo and Fernands who were together.

The Portugal squad has been at the center of dissenting rumors lately, as Fernands was caught in the dressing room bluntly touching Ronaldo’s shoulder and briefly shaking hands without even making eye contact.

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Ronaldo, who also eats rice at Manchester United in England, is said to have gone cold with Fernand as he directly criticized the club in a media interview.

Fernands himself explained that “there are no problems”, but the doubts have not disappeared.

At the press conference held at the Al-Shahaniya SC training ground, questions about Ronaldo kept popping up.

The day before, Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) explained that “there was no strange energy between the two”, and on this day, Hubin Neves (Wolverhampton) also explained: “There is no controversy in the dressing room.

Amid this controversy, Ronaldo and Fernands bonded on the pitch and exchanged passes with Pepe (Porto), Ottabiu and Huben Dias (Manchester City).

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**Bruno Fernands in training**

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During the first 15 minutes of training, Ronaldo and Fernands’ expressions were mostly serious.

Portuguese RTP journalist Joao Domingos predicted they would work together on the pitch, saying: “It’s a big deal when Ronaldo sits on the bench. Ronaldo and Fernand are ‘key players’.”

Portugal, who are in Group H of the group stage of the Qatar World Cup, will play their first match against Ghana at 19:00 on the 24th (Korean time, 1:00 on the 25th).

While facing Korea at 18:00 on December 2 (0:00 on December 3), this reporter said of the Korea national football ace Son Heung-min (Tottenham): “‘Zoro’, ‘Son Nal-du ‘ (Son Heung-min + Ronaldo),” he said.

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