Protest for Cristiano Ronaldo in Lisbon

Two days after his hasty departure from the national team, Portugal's superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is now receiving public support from his fans.

A large protest poster was hung in front of the new headquarters of the Portuguese Football Association FPF and in the center of Lisbon, each showing a photo of “CR7” and of national coach Jorge Jesus. The message to Ronaldo was: “You will always be our captain.” Next to the photo of the trainer was the sentence: “You are not up to the task.”

The Portuguese association reacted quickly: the poster was removed after about 45 minutes. According to a report in the newspaper “Correio da Manhã”, the FPF specifically called in the municipality of Oeiras for this purpose. The new FPF headquarters Cidade do Futebol is located in the suburbs of Lisbon.

Jorge Jesus did not use Ronaldo in the Nations League game in Norway last Sunday and then announced that he would only put the country's most capped player on the bench in the next game against Denmark. The 41-year-old star striker then left the national team's quarters and was flown to the Spanish capital Madrid in a private jet.

Portugal's association president Pedro Proença now wants to arrange a meeting between Ronaldo and Jorge Jesus and mediate between the two. This is also reported by “Correio da Manhã”. Proença's goal is therefore for Ronaldo to play for the national team again.

The pressure that the supporters of the five-time world footballer of the year can create was already visible in the summer during the World Cup in the USA. A fake post from the girlfriend of Portuguese international João Neves appeared on Instagram calling on Ronaldo to resign. Although it quickly became clear that this was not a real statement from actress Madalena Aragão, she was massively insulted and insulted by Ronaldo fans on social networks.