Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo was again left on the bench, this time for Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal against Morocco, as his frustrating tournament took another turn for the worse.
Ronaldo, axed from his country's previous match at the World Cup, had to once again make do with a place among the substitutes for Portugal's last-eight showdown at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos blasted Ronaldo's reaction to being substituted in their 2-1 Group H defeat against South Korea and then dropped him for the round-of-16 match against Switzerland, which Portugal won 6-1.