The player Pepe revealed that the coach Fernando Santos in the World Cup in Qatar ‘reached out’ to Cristiano Ronaldo.
The experienced Portuguese defender, Pepe, second captain of the Portugal National Team, revealed that during the Qatar 2022 World Cup the former coach of the ‘Portuguese’, Fernando Santos, respectfully put Cristiano Ronaldo in his place.
Santos, today the coach of the Polish National Team, “made Cristiano understand that ‘us’ is very important,” said Pepe, about what happened between the coach and Ronaldo in Qatar.
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Qatar, a World Cup for Cristiano to forget
‘CR7’ ended the World Cup badly. Coach Santos relegated him to substitution, long after two snubs he had with teammates: Bruno Fernando and Cancelo.
The historic scorer of all time left the World Cup with just one goal in five games and three starts. a poor performance
Cristiano started the Qatar 2022 World Cup on the wrong foot. Just when he arrived on Qatari soil, the striker of Al Nassr of Arabia today entered the dressing room of the Portuguese team and greeted all his teammates, but when he was next to Bruno Fernandes they both ignored each other. A first sign that things in the Portuguese team were not going well.
Later, during a training session in Qatar, the Bayern Munich side, Cancelo, had some impasse, and without knowing why, Cristiano approached him and necked him, squeezed him and tried with a smile to lower his fever, but Cancelo reacted angrily and raised his hand. hand to Christian
After this, and after starting the World Cup as a starter during the three games of the first phase, Cristiano was a substitute in the final rounds.
In the round of 16 against Switzerland, he entered in the second half for a few minutes by attacker Gonzalo Ramos, who replaced him with three goals in the 6-1 win over Switzerland.
For the quarterfinals, Cristiano was again a substitute. From the ‘CR7’ bank he made faces, as a sign of his annoyance for not playing. That would have been his last game in a World Cup. He only played 20 minutes in the shock 1-0 loss to Morocco.
Cristiano left the World Cup crying. The coach Santos was mercilessly criticized until he ended up out of the Portuguese team. Even Giorgina, Cristiano’s wife, called him a “traitor” for not putting the supposed friend as the headline.
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Pepe agreed with coach Fernando Santos
The experienced 39-year-old defender, Pepe, stated in an interview with the Polish Football Federation that Fernando Santos landed Cristiano during the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
‘CR7’ ended the World Cup badly. Coach Santos relegated him to substitution, long after two snubs he had with teammates: Bruno Fernando and Cancelo.
Pepe confessed that in the dressing room during the World Cup, Professor Santos “made Cristiano understand that ‘we’ is very important” and is above him.
The current Porto captain, in an interview with the Polish Football Federation, where Santos now works as that country’s coach, pointed out that the national coach always “gave priority to the team.”
Pepe stated that “he (Cristiano) was very important to our success. I think something like that will happen with Lewandowski.”
The defender commented that “Cristiano Ronaldo it was our reference. I am convinced that in Poland it will be so with Lewandowski. They are two great players.”
Pepe closed by noting that Fernando Santos, as coach of the Portugal National Team, “wrote a beautiful story”, and he also made Portugal “It was a reference in world football”.
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