Ronaldo quits the Portugal national team due to upset over his son

Cristiano Ronaldo has left the Portugal national football team.

Ronaldo was upset that his eldest son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. was not called up to the national under-16 team.

Cristiano Ronaldo may have retired from the national team after the head coach said he would not be included in the squad for the upcoming match.

MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the Portuguese national football team, was also upset because his eldest son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. was not called up to the national under-16 team, journalist Vitor Pinto reported on Portuguese TV.

Earlier, the media reported that Ronaldo refused to participate in the training of the Portuguese national team after missing the Nations League match against the Norwegian team (2:1), which took place on Sunday in Oslo. Ronaldo was not included in the starting lineup and spent the entire match on the bench. It later became known that the five-time Ballon d'Or winner left the national team after a press conference by head coach Jorge Jesus, at which he said that Ronaldo would not be included in the squad for the next match. Media reported that the 41-year-old forward decided to retire from the national team.

“There is another reason that hurt Cristiano Ronaldo. I believe that it is not related to leaving the national team, but at such moments everything overlaps. Cristiano Ronaldo was upset because Cristianinho was not called up to the U16 national team,” tv7dias.pt quotes Pinto as saying on the Liga D'Ouro TV show.