Cristiano Ronaldo took to social media to say that amid the global turmoil he found himself in with the interview with Piers Morgan, he is focused on the national team and the 2022 World Cup, which starts on Sunday. “Total and absolute focus on the work of the national team. United group, with one goal in mind: to make the dream of all Portuguese come true!”, the captain wrote on Instagram after the team’s first training session on the way to Qatar 2022.
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In the interview, Ronaldo claimed to feel “betrayed” by Manchester United and said he had “no respect” for Ten Hag because he also disrespected him. Another excerpt from the conversation was revealed this Monday, in which the Portuguese said English club managers “didn’t believe him” when he justified his absence from pre-season training camp over a health issue involving Bella Esmeralda, one of his daughters. from CR7.
The corner team gathered today at Cidade do Futebol. Ronaldo was first on the field for the first work session. Smiling, the Portuguese captain showed that his aim was perfect and scored the first goal in the 15 minutes for the journalists to observe.
The Manchester United player was one of 15 players who attended training on Fernando Santos’ orders. The other ten – António Silva, João Mário and Gonçalo Ramos, Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes, Ricardo Horta, Diogo Costa, Bruno Fernandes, Palhinha and Rafael Leão – stayed in the gym during recovery training.
The selection will resume training on Tuesday (10.30 am). The players are free to play until Wednesday, after which they will concentrate on the game against Nigeria that is scheduled for Thursday (6.45 pm, in Estádio de Alvalade).
The trip to Doha is scheduled for Friday. Portugal will make its World Cup debut on November 24 against Ghana before facing Uruguay (November 28) and South Korea (December 2) in Group H of the 2022 World Cup.
Source: DN
