“When the time is right, I will tell all Portuguese people the truth about the reasons why I have left the national team, which I have always dedicated myself to,” Ronaldo wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. A lot happens in Oslo every single day, but for Cristiano Ronaldo fans and the protagonist himself, Oslo will stand as the low point of a fantastic national team career.
The 41-year-old thus warned that there is more to the decision, but he himself failed to reveal what specifically had caused the cup to overflow. Now it turns out that the process around the dramatic decision started at a meeting on Tuesday and escalated on Wednesday evening at Portugal’s press conference in Parken.
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According to Spanish journalist Edu Aguirre, who is known to have a close relationship with the Ronaldo camp, Ronaldo met with Jorge Jesus and the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Pedro Proenca, on Tuesday evening. Here, the national team coach is said to have apologized to Ronaldo for his handling of the superstar in Sunday’s match against Norway, where the striker was sent out to warm up for about half an hour without later coming on the field.
According to the journalist, Jesus did not just apologize privately. He also allegedly promised Ronaldo that he would apologize publicly the next day and admit at the press conference that he had made a mistake. This did not happen either. Because when Jorge Jesus sat down in front of the press at Parken on Wednesday, Ronaldo experienced something completely different, it is reported.
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“All” of Norway was looking forward to experiencing one of the best players of all time at Ullevaal for the first and last time, but instead Oslo for Ronaldo became the “scene” of the great football betrayal.
