Portugal crashed out of the World Cup in Qatar after losing to Morocco in the quarter-finals. Cristiano Ronaldo's dream of winning the World Cup remained unfulfilled. The possible last World Cup of the career stopped in the last eight. The Portuguese cannot accept this.
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Meanwhile, Ronaldo's girlfriend Georgina has criticized coach Fernando Santos for not keeping Ronaldo in the first eleven of Portugal in the quarter-finals.
Georgina wrote on her Instagram — Your friend and coach made the wrong decision. That friend, whom you respect so much. The friend who finally brought you to the field. After that he saw how everything had changed. But by then it was too late.
You can't neglect the best footballer in the world like this, Georgina wrote, accusing Santos of sinking the team. You put the best weapons of your team. It's not right. Life teaches us. we didn't lose we learned
Meanwhile, Ronaldo wrote on social media, "Winning the World Cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career." Fortunately, I have won many titles at the international level, including Portugal. But winning the World Cup and writing Portugal's name at the highest level was my biggest dream. I worked hard, fought for that dream.
He wrote, I have played five World Cups in my 16-year career. Got next to big players. Got the support of millions of Portuguese. I played it all. I gave the maximum on the field. Never turned away from fighting in fear. I never stopped dreaming. Sadly, that dream ended yesterday. This suffering is indescribable.
However, Portugal's coach Santos said at the press conference, "I have no regrets for placing Ronaldo." If we don't form a team thoughtfully, then nothing will happen. I played the team that played well against Switzerland. There was no reason to change that team against Morocco.
Santos said it was a very difficult decision to make for the sake of strategy. But don't make decisions with your heart. Use your brain to make decisions. I never said that Ronaldo is not a good footballer. It has nothing to do with placing him.
He said about losing, sometimes luck is needed in football to win. We got several opportunities. But we didn't have the luck we needed to win.

