Portugal suspends Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese Football Federation announced this Saturday the opening of a file against Cristiano Ronaldo for leaving Portugal's training camp in Denmark after his confrontation with coach Jorge Jesus. The player is provisionally suspended until the process is resolved.

The one from Madeira took a flight from Copenhagen to Madrid around midnight after feeling betrayed by Jorge Jesus in the press room, where the coach had broken his word according to the 41-year-old veteran forward. Ronaldo had already felt upset with the coach for having him warm up during the game against Norway and finally not coming out to play.

After the conflict in Scandinavian lands, in which the president of the Federation, Pedro Proença, tried to mediate, the former Real Madrid player issued an extensive statement on social networks where he assured to tell “the pure truth.” He also published an eight-point document with the words that Jorge Jesus had to pronounce before the media, who finally omitted that script.

In the letter, Ronaldo apologized for his behavior towards his teammates and fans, in addition to accepting any sanction for his absence from the concentration. He also accepted that the consequences were commensurate with his importance as captain of the national team, without palliatives. The Al Nassr footballer, who has not given up playing for Portugal, is exposed to several games of suspension.

"On October 9, 2026, the Non-Professional Section initiated a disciplinary procedure against Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro with the objective of determining the possible disciplinary relevance of the events reported on October 7, 2026. Without prejudice to the automatic preventive suspension to which he was subject until the date of the start of the procedure, a non-automatic preventive suspension of the player was determined and was granted urgency. The file was sent on October 10, 2026 to the Committee of Disciplinary Instruction of the FPF (Portuguese Football Federation), and its publication was excluded until the investigation was completed.”