Proença flies to Copenhagen to mediate between Ronaldo and Jorge Jesus

The president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Pedro Proença, flew to Copenhagen for an emergency meeting in which, the Portuguese media report, he will try to mediate the growing tension between Cristiano Ronaldo and the coach, Jorge Jesus. The captain did not play in the Nations League match won against Norway in Oslo last Sunday, and at the end he headed to the changing rooms without thanking the fans and today he missed training in Malmoe, the Swedish city where Portugal is preparing for the match against Denmark on Thursday.

The player followed the group to the stadium, but immediately left. The official version, reports the sports daily A Bola, is that he trained in the hotel gym. According to the Sic TV channel, Jorge Jesus had promised Ronaldo that he would play against Norway. Then he changed his mind, promising that he would play half an hour, but in the end the 41-year-old champion remained on the bench for the entire match. A decision that the former Juventus player did not like. Proença had planned to attend the Under 21 national team's match tomorrow in Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, against Gibraltar, where Portugal could secure qualification for the European Championships in the category, but had to change plans and urgently leave for Denmark.