Cristiano Ronaldo will be absent from the friendly match of Portugal against Nigeria tomorrow, Thursday, in preparation for the World Cup, which starts on Sunday, due to gastritis, his coach Fernando Santosh announced.
Ronaldo’s absence from his country’s team’s training comes on Wednesday and a confrontation on Thursday against Nigeria, while the Golden Ball winner took advantage of five times the international stoppage period to liquidate his accounts with his club Manchester United.
In a loud interview broadcast on Sunday and Monday, Ronaldo said he felt “treason” by Manchester United officials “I do not respect the Dutch coach, Eric Ten Hag, accusing them of the desire to overthrow him from the team.
Portugal coach, Santosh, said in a press conference on the eve of Nigeria’s confrontation, on several questions on this issue and the impact of this controversy on the preparations for the World Cup, “This issue has nothing to do with us or the national team.
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He continued, “It is an interview with him and she is very personal and we have to respect that,” noting that his striker did not mention the team in his interview.
The friendly match against Nigeria will not be given on Thursday in Lisbon, Ronaldo, some time he lacks in Manchester after he was also absent from the last victory against Fulham in the last Premier League match before the international stop.
“He suffers from gastritis (. ..
) and did not train today (Wednesday) for this reason,” Santosh said, explaining that his leader “certainly will not be ready” to participate in the Nigeria meeting.
On Friday, the Portuguese national team travels to Doha to participate in the World Cup, and begins its campaign on 24 this month against Ghana before meeting Uruguay and South Korea in the eighth group competitions.
Source: AFP.
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