The gesture of Cristiano Ronaldo after the elimination of Portugal that outrages the world of football

Belgium qualified this Sunday for the quarterfinals of the Eurocup by beating 1-0 to Portugal, current continental champion, in what was shaping up to be a real anticipated final in Seville. A goal from Thorn Hazard in the first half he gave the Belgians a passport to Munich, where on Friday they will face Italy for a place in the semifinals of the continental tournament.

In this way, Cristiano Ronaldo said goodbye to the contest that he conquered in 2016 and it is estimated that this has been his last participation since for the next edition, in 2024, he will be 40 years old. Therefore, the gunner was very hurt after the final whistle and could not hide his anger.

The whistle that decreed the elimination of the Portuguese team barely blew, the striker pulled off his captain’s tape and threw it hard on the ground. Then he squatted down and swallowed his anger. That scene that was captured by the transmission and by several photographers earned him a wave of criticism because his revenge with the captain’s band has a symbolism of contempt that is not usually well seen.

Thereafter, Romelu Lukaku, star of the Belgium national team, approached Cristiano to console him before leaving the pitch and it seemed that there would be another tantrum from the Juventus striker, but no. Ronaldo had one more angry moment before entering the locker room tunnel that was captured by a fan with his camera from the stands.

The 36-year-old footballer threw the captain’s tape to the ground again and kicked it. “There are children all over the world representing their park teams with more honor and respect than Cristiano Ronaldo himself for their own country”wrote a user who shared the video on social media. “Embarrassing example of Cristiano Ronaldo’s captain,” tweeted another.

In the recording it is seen how an assistant takes the bracelet from the floor and gives it back to the scorer who rejects it and makes a new gesture of annoyance raising his right hand with speed. “This is what Messi does and they don’t let him enter their country”, another user said.

The truth is that it is not the first time that Ronaldo stars in an episode like this. In March of this year in a match against Serbia for the European qualifiers towards the Qatar World Cup 2022. The Juventus player scored a goal in injury time that would have given his team a key victory, but the referee team made a serious mistake and did not validate his agonizing conquest.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United footballer protested to the judges and then He took off the captain’s tape and threw it violently to the ground. For this reason, he received several criticisms that forced him to speak about his reaction: “After the game, the Portuguese captain made his download on social networks. “Being captain of the Portugal team is one of the greatest prides and privileges of my life. I always give and will give everything for my country, that will never change. But there are tough times to deal with, especially when we feel like an entire nation is being harmed. Raise your head and face the next challenge now! Force Portugal! ”He wrote on Instagram.

The Portugal coach, Fernando Santos, considered the fall of his team unfair: “It is an unfair result, but this is football. If you score, you win, they scored a goal and we didn’t ”. In addition, he added: “My men played with a strong mentality, they always tried to attack, recover balls, defend when they played … Belgium had six shots, one was on goal, and we had 29 shots.”

Regarding his top figure, he stated: “He worked a lot today. He didn’t score a goal, but he did everything. He was a true captain. He gave everything, he tried to change the game, come back, I don’t think there is a problem with Ronaldo ”, he concluded.

Cristiano says goodbye to the contest as the top gunner so far with five conquests, three of them from penalties. For his part, Bélgica will face Italy in the quarterfinals next Friday.

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