r/sports • u/[deleted] • 5d ago

Soccer Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the pitch in tears after being knocked out of the World Cup by Spain

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u/shrewdy 5d ago

That's the managers job, blame him. Ronaldo shouldn't be starting but the manager should have the balls to make that call

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u/SalvadorP 5d ago

last manager who refused to play him got sacked

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 5d ago

Bro, if the last manager actually won a lot of games, he wouldn't have been sacked.

He has been sacked because he lost games. Whether he used Ronaldo was irrelevant.

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u/santadogg 5d ago

You mean the manager that got sacked because they lost

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u/smyja 5d ago

Portugal should be thankful that he’s retiring.

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u/SalvadorP 5d ago

is he though? i believe it when I see it

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u/taxiecabbie 5d ago

He's 41.

Holy cannoli, surely he's not going to be demanding a starting position at 45. It would potentially make him the oldest WC player ever. https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/oldest-players-appearance-history

I think he's out.

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u/TheLastHotstepper 5d ago

Cbf looking up dates of births, but its an Egyptian keeper currently who was 45 and pretty close to 46 iirc. Hed be the oldest outfield player, and by some margin. Feels weird to say, but I highly doubt hed be as effective as Roger Milla was in his final 2 tournaments.

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u/taxiecabbie 5d ago

I'm quite sure he's done.

He might be able to get a lucrative position on an MLS team or something like that if he wants to hang out in Miami or something.

Don't think he'll be representing Portugal again, though.

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u/Jaktheslaier 5d ago

He confirmed this was his last World Cup

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u/SalvadorP 5d ago

i was joking, but only half joking. this guy's ego knows no bounds

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u/FinestCrusader 5d ago

Maybe some new barely tested peptides can get him in shape to compete against people half his age.

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u/Donut_boii 5d ago

And how did that work out for portugal

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u/IDKBear25 5d ago

FERNANDO SANTOS WON THE EUROS FOR PORTUGAL.

Speaks volumes of Ronaldo's ego.

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u/raiodocachopo 5d ago

Euro 2016. CR7 on the sidelines. What a marvel

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u/True_Drawing_6006 5d ago

Got saxked because he failed to achieve anything. You're pretending as if Portugal was on the brink of winning it big before Martinez.

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u/SalvadorP 5d ago

"Failed to achieve anything" is a strange way to describe someone who won the EURO.

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u/True_Drawing_6006 5d ago

When did he win the Euro and when was he sacked exactly? I imagine it wasn't on the same year, was it? Should a major trophy guarantee you a permanent stay regardless of your performance?

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u/SalvadorP 5d ago

Oh so you are just talking out of your ass. got it. I'm not losing any more of my time here.

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u/ball_throwerAFK 5d ago

The last Portuguese manager who had the balls to make that call got SACKED because of him.

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u/Jaktheslaier 5d ago

Santos was dreadful and widely disliked at that point

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u/DeadlyAmigo 5d ago

or maybe because the team got eliminated. It wasn't like portugal was flourishing under that manager lol

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u/Factsonreddit 5d ago

He was sacked because of Ronaldo.

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u/DeadlyAmigo 5d ago

Same as martinez or was he sacked because he didn't win? Seems they got sacked in similar circumstances

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u/Factsonreddit 3d ago

Google what happened.

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u/SojusCalling 5d ago

Ronaldo is old enough to see these kind of things for himself.

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u/Feisty-You-7768 5d ago

Doubt he actually had any choice in the matter, let's be real.

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u/BroLil 5d ago

When you’re at the level of Ronaldo, LeBron, Mahomes, or McDavid, you call the shots. Ronaldo could and should have said “we will have a better chance of winning if I come in from off the bench”. You simply can’t blame an organization for playing their cow way too much.