Sharing before the press conference in the 1/8 round of the 2022 World Cup, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos said: Korean players insulted Ronaldo when urging him to go out. That’s why Ronaldo was angry and everyone saw it. I saw that incident and there was no doubt that Pepe rushed towards the opposing team’s players to intervene.
Of course the Korean player did not attack with actions but only spoke. That player tried to speak English to Ronaldo and Ronaldo replied that ‘you had a bad day’ after which the two sides exchanged words.”
Ronaldo himself also spoke up about this incident. : “The Korean player told me to go out quickly. I just told him to shut up because he had no authority to give me orders. That’s all, I don’t have any disagreements with the coach.”
Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced in the 65th minute by Adrien Silva when the match Portugal – Korea had a score of 1-1. Bridge The player who was said to have said bad words to Ronaldo was Cho Gue Song when Korea impatiently rushed to attack to find victory and get a ticket to the next round.
In the end, Korea’s efforts were successful. responded with a 2-1 victory with Hwang Hee Chan’s winning goal in the 90+1 minute. Korea surpassed Uruguay to win second place in Group H and meet Brazil in the 1/8 round.
< figure class="image align-center" contenteditable="false"> Coach Fernando Santos speaks out defending Cristiano Ronaldo (Photo: AP).![]()
About Portugal’s loss to South Korea coach Fernando Santos said: “We lead the group but still want to win and have a good match to improve the morale of the players. That result serves as a wake-up call for the entire team.”
In the 1/8 round World Cup 2022 Portugal will meet Switzerland at 02:00 on December 6. If Win Ronaldo and his teammates will face the winner of Spain – Morocco in the quarterfinals.
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