Zvezda zamenjena u Svetskom kupu nakon Snuba

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Portugal’s superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo entered the team’s quarterfinal match against Morocco, after being snubbed two matches in a row, as Portugal looks to bounce back from a 1-0 deficit and advance to the semifinals.

ključne činjenice

Trailing to underdog Morocco, Portugal manager Fernando Santos substituted Ronaldo into the match in the 51st minute of play.

Santos had klupa the team’s star striker for the second straight match, saying, “there is no problem with our captain” and that he “had no issue with my decision.”

Morocco scored its only goal while Ronaldo was on the bench.

The winner of the match will face the winner of the England v. France match, which is set for 2 p.m. this afternoon.

Ključna pozadina

Following the team’s dominant 6-1 win over Switzerland in the Round of Eight earlier this week, Ronaldo, the 37-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid star, congratulated his teammates in an Instagram pošta, nazivajući njihovu pobjedu “luksuznom izložbom tima punog talenta i mladosti”—iako video snimci from the match caught him appearing visibly frustrated, uttering, “he’s in a rush to sub me.” Ronaldo’s replacement, 21-year-old Goncalo Ramos, scored a hat trick in Portugal’s win over Switzerland.

Iznenađujuća činjenica

With his entrance into the game, Ronaldo set a rekord for the most international matches, called caps, a player has appeared in, with 196.

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