Cristiano accuses Jorge Jesus of lying and breaking his word

This Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo accused the Portugal coach, Jorge Jesus, of having "broken his word" for not fielding him in Oslo against Norway in the Nations League duel held last Sunday after having warmed up for half an hour. The world soccer star blamed the coach for an “aggressiveness” that he does not deserve, but he was “available” to play with the national team again.

In a lengthy statement released to the Portuguese press, Cristiano stated that he had been told he would play 30 minutes against Norway, something that ultimately did not happen. "Everyone already knows the rest. I was warming up since the break, I saw how the minutes passed and they didn't call me. The coach had not kept his word," he wrote. The departure of the player from the Portugal camp had a huge impact on world football.

In this writing, Cristiano went back to the last World Cup and stated that it was the Federation itself that asked him not to leave the Portuguese team. At the same time, he acknowledged that the Portuguese Federation itself asked him for his opinion on the choice of the next coach.

In the statement, at the same time, he claims to have agreed with Jorge Jesus that the coach would say some points in reference to his absence in the press room before the duel with Denmark. One of them, point six, literally says this: "I made a mistake by putting someone of the stature of Pelé or Maradona to warm up only to not put him in the game. If it were today, I wouldn't do it." The Portugal coach did not talk about these points before the duel against the Danes.

At the same time, Cristiano apologized to his teammates for leaving the concentration, assured that he had never participated in any tactical decision of the Portuguese team and, at the same time, did not confirm his withdrawal from the Portuguese team. What some Portuguese media did reveal is that he will not return as long as Jorge Jesus is the coach of the Iberian team.

“Believe me, this is the pure truth,” Cristiano's extensive statement concludes.