According to dailymail.co.uk, Portugal manager Fernando Santos has benched superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo for Tuesday’s Round-of-16 matchup against Switzerland.
The decision comes in the wake of Ronaldo’s poor reaction to being subbed off during Portugal’s 2-1 loss to South Korea last Friday, in which the 37-year-old appeared to say, “He’s [Santos] in a rush to sub me.”
Santos expressed frustration with Ronaldo’s actions on Monday, saying:
“I didn’t like it. Didn’t like it at all. From there, it’s things you sort out internally. It was sorted out this way, and now we think about the game tomorrow.