
After announcing that he would not be in the starting line-up, the superstar left by private jet. International media report an irrevocable break.
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo left the Portuguese national team's training camp in Copenhagen after a dispute with coach Jorge Jesus and flew to Madrid by private jet.
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Cristiano Ronaldo left the national team's training camp before the international match against Denmark after disagreements with coach Jorge Jesus.
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is threatened with an inglorious farewell from the Portuguese national team after his hasty departure from training camp. The 41-year-old superstar wants to inform the public about the exact reasons for his decision to leave the team by private jet one day before the international match against Denmark (8.45 p.m., TV: Dazn). Coach Jorge Jesus had previously announced that Ronaldo would again not be in the starting line-up, as in the second Nations League game against Norway.
This is what the international press writes:
PORTUGAL
»EXPRESSO«: »Jesus spoke, Ronaldo listened and left: The captain left the national team training camp.«
»Público«: »Jesus said he would appoint whoever he wanted – and Cristiano Ronaldo left.«
»A Bola«: »The sudden departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from the national team's training camp in Copenhagen triggered a shock wave in world football.«
»O Jogo«: »The decision has been made and is irrevocable: Cristiano Ronaldo will not return to the national team. The game against Wales in Alvalade will go down in history as his last international match for Portugal."
"CNN Portugal": "Jesus didn't come to the national team to do anyone a favor - not even Cristiano."
"Mirror": "Cristiano Ronaldo's falling out with Portuguese national coach Jorge Jesus led to his dramatic decision to leave the national team in the middle of the current phase of the game."
ITALY
»Gazzetta dello Sport«: »In a word: unbelievable. Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the national team and record holder for goals and appearances, has left the Portuguese national team's training camp in Denmark to fly to Madrid on his private plane.
»Corriere dello Sport«: »Chaos: Sensational break between Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.«
SPAIN
»Marca«: »This sad and abrupt end somewhat tarnishes his overall record in the national team. Nobody would have expected that such a successful story could have such an ending.«
»AS«: »The Cristiano case hits like a bomb in Portugal.«
»El Mundo Deportivo«: »Jorge Jesus' press conference finally brought everything down.«
FRANCE
»L’Équipe«: »What if the last image of Cristiano Ronaldo as a Portuguese national team player was him driving away in an association vehicle while his teammates began their pre-match training in Copenhagen?
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After an escalated argument and a hasty departure from the training camp, Cristiano Ronaldo is about to say goodbye to the Portuguese national team. The 41-year-old announced that he would soon inform the public about the exact reasons.

Cristiano Ronaldo left the Portuguese national team's training camp in Copenhagen on a private jet before the game against Denmark after an argument with coach Jorge Jesus.
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