Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Portugal’s starting XI for Tuesday’s World Cup round-of-16 match against Switzerland on the heels of his actions while being subbed out during the team’s previous match.
Ronaldo was visibly frustrated as he walked off the field in the second half of Portugal’s final group play game against South Korea. Videos showed the 37-year-old striker having a brief verbal spat with a South Korean player and also showed him appearing to complain that Fernando Santos was “in a rush to sub me.”
Portugal was tied 1–1 at the time of the substitution in the 65th minute and had already clinched a spot in the knockout round.